Friday, July 20, 2012

Armenian Airline To Consider More Flights To Syria

Armenia's national airline, Armavia, promised on Friday to consider increasing the frequency of its flights to Syria in order to help more ethnic Armenians flee the war-torn country.

The private carrier also denied sharply raising the cost of the weekly flights from Yerevan to the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Armavia resumed the regular service on July 9 after a more than four-month pause which it attributed to the worsening security situation in the Middle Eastern state home to an estimated 60,000-80,000 Armenians. Syria's national airline also carries out Aleppo-Yerevan flights on a weekly basis.

Both carriers say their flights have been fully booked until September, a fact indicating an unfolding exodus of Syrian Armenians. Hundreds of them are believed to have taken refuge in Armenia in recent months.

Armenian News

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