Armenian Armavia air carrier introduces its new Airbus-319

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20.03.2009, 15:17

National air carrier of Armenia Armavia introduced its new Airbus A-319 on Wednesday. The aircraft is named after great Armenian astrophysicist Viktor Hambardzumyan whose 100th anniversary was celebrated last year.

YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. National air carrier of Armenia Armavia introduced its new Airbus A-319 on Wednesday. The aircraft is named after great Armenian astrophysicist Viktor Hambardzumyan whose 100th anniversary was celebrated last year.

“The aircraft is absolutely new and was shipped to Armenia right from Airbus factory in Hamburg,” General Director of the air company Norayr Belluyan told reporters.

He said the purchase of the new aircraft is a continuation of the company’s policy of upgrading the flying stock with new airliners.

Belluyan said the airplane was bought by a lease contract. He also stated they managed to buy it by a rather low price thanks to decrease of prices amid the world crisis.

RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, owner of Armavia Mikhail Baghdasarov, Chief of the Head Civil Aviation Department of Armenia Artem Movsisyan and well-known cultural workers were present at the introduction.

Airbus A-319 is a passenger liner for flights of medium length with a range of 6,800km.

A-319 was designed in 1990, first flight was carried out on August 25, 1995.

Airbus A-319 competes with Boeing 737-300 and 737-500, as well as with McDonnell Douglas MD-87.

Armavia Air Carrier is the leader at Armenia’s aviation market. The company was established in 1996 by Aviafin Ltd and Mika Armenia Trading Ltd. In June 2005, Mikhail Baghdasarov, President of Mika Armenia Trading Ltd, became the full owner of the company.

The company operates over 70 regular flights a week to countries of the CIS, Middle East and Europe.

The aircraft fleet of the company contains nine aircrafts, namely three A319, two A320, a Tu-134, and an Il-86. G. S. –0--

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