Pashinyan advisor casts into question Pobeda's allegation about fuel short pour
08.08.2019,
11:32
Hakob Jagaryan, advisor to the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, commenting on Russian Pobeda lowcoster's intention to cease operating flights to Gyumri because of the alleged periodical fuel short pour in the airport in Gyumri, cast into question the cause pointed out by the company.
YEREVAN, August 8. /ARKA/. Hakob Jagaryan, advisor to the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, commenting on Russian Pobeda lowcoster's intention to cease operating flights to Gyumri because of the alleged periodical fuel short pour in the airport in Gyumri, cast into question the cause pointed out by the company.
Earlier Russia's TASS reported referring to a source from the air company that Pobeda, a Russian lowcoster that started operating flights to Gyumri, Armenia, in December 2016, was going to cease flights to Gyumri in the winter season because of periodical short pour of fuel in the airport in Gyumri.
The source was quoted by TASS as saying that unfortunately the fueling company at the airport is periodically pour in less-than-requisite fuel. In his words, Pobeda Air Company has repeatedly asked the administration of the airport to sort through things, but nothing has changed.
The source said that the air company will operate all the flights scheduled for the summer season not to fail clients, but it will stop selling tickets for the winter season.
The official representative of the company has confirmed that the ticket sales are suspended.
Now Pobeda is operating 10 flights a week from Moscow to Gyumri and then to Yerevan, if necessary. Fore the winter season, seven flights a week has been scheduled.
The General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia posted on its official Facebook page that it has received no notifications from Pobeda and that it learned about the air company's intention only from media reports.
To sort through the imbroglio, the Department has invited representatives of Armenia - International Airports CJSC and Pobeda. "It was decided at the meeting to set up a group of experts for investigating circumstances and taking appropriate steps," the Department said in its statement adding that the investigation results will be released in additional reports.
Later, Hakob Jagaryan, wrote on his Facebook page that the Russian lowcoster, which is actually working not as lowcoster, said it will cease its winter season flights. He finds the reason mentioned by the company groundless.
"I can assume at least three versions," he wrote. "First, it is not possible to keep secrets at the aviation market for long, and prompted by the obtained information about subsidizing of RyanAir, Pobeda decided to demand subsidies as well."
Jagaryan's second assumption is that the Russian air company has decided to take advantage of offers to operate flights to Yerevan, an this desire came "by chance" at the very time of the launch of Armenia's flights to Moscow.
And the third - what's the reason to sell tickets in winter season at low prices, while it is possible to earn money by resuming flights in spring, when outflow of passengers from Gyumri intensifies. "They think they are irreplaceable," Jagaryan said.
There are also many other arguments, he said. There can't be fuel short pour. The thing is that nothing like that has been reported ever. Quite the opposite - they have repeatedly thanked Shirak Airport for the high quality of servicing.
"This situation is a good impetus for our companies to join the market and for protection of these companies from illegal competition with such 'pobedas'," Jagaryan says.
He thinks Armenia should become self-reliant in air transportation as soon as possible. "The only guarantor of regulation of our market is Armenian air companies," he wrote on his Facebook page. -0---
Earlier Russia's TASS reported referring to a source from the air company that Pobeda, a Russian lowcoster that started operating flights to Gyumri, Armenia, in December 2016, was going to cease flights to Gyumri in the winter season because of periodical short pour of fuel in the airport in Gyumri.
The source was quoted by TASS as saying that unfortunately the fueling company at the airport is periodically pour in less-than-requisite fuel. In his words, Pobeda Air Company has repeatedly asked the administration of the airport to sort through things, but nothing has changed.
The source said that the air company will operate all the flights scheduled for the summer season not to fail clients, but it will stop selling tickets for the winter season.
The official representative of the company has confirmed that the ticket sales are suspended.
Now Pobeda is operating 10 flights a week from Moscow to Gyumri and then to Yerevan, if necessary. Fore the winter season, seven flights a week has been scheduled.
The General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia posted on its official Facebook page that it has received no notifications from Pobeda and that it learned about the air company's intention only from media reports.
To sort through the imbroglio, the Department has invited representatives of Armenia - International Airports CJSC and Pobeda. "It was decided at the meeting to set up a group of experts for investigating circumstances and taking appropriate steps," the Department said in its statement adding that the investigation results will be released in additional reports.
Later, Hakob Jagaryan, wrote on his Facebook page that the Russian lowcoster, which is actually working not as lowcoster, said it will cease its winter season flights. He finds the reason mentioned by the company groundless.
"I can assume at least three versions," he wrote. "First, it is not possible to keep secrets at the aviation market for long, and prompted by the obtained information about subsidizing of RyanAir, Pobeda decided to demand subsidies as well."
Jagaryan's second assumption is that the Russian air company has decided to take advantage of offers to operate flights to Yerevan, an this desire came "by chance" at the very time of the launch of Armenia's flights to Moscow.
And the third - what's the reason to sell tickets in winter season at low prices, while it is possible to earn money by resuming flights in spring, when outflow of passengers from Gyumri intensifies. "They think they are irreplaceable," Jagaryan said.
There are also many other arguments, he said. There can't be fuel short pour. The thing is that nothing like that has been reported ever. Quite the opposite - they have repeatedly thanked Shirak Airport for the high quality of servicing.
"This situation is a good impetus for our companies to join the market and for protection of these companies from illegal competition with such 'pobedas'," Jagaryan says.
He thinks Armenia should become self-reliant in air transportation as soon as possible. "The only guarantor of regulation of our market is Armenian air companies," he wrote on his Facebook page. -0---
