YEREVAN. – Armavia Airline Company—which is Armenia’s national carrier—pays its outstanding debts on a daily basis, and the company transferred money to Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport on Thursday as well, an Armavia representative told Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

And to the query as to why the flights have not yet resumed and when they will actually continue, the representative advised to ask the airport. “This reflects very badly on the passengers,” the company representative stated noting that all of their Thursday morning flights were conducted.     

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, as of Thursday 11am, the Zvartnots International Airport has again suspended its services rendered to Armavia Airline Company, the airport’s press secretary Gevorg Abrahamyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

He noted that the resumption of Armavia flights will depend solely on the company, as to when it will take measures to reduce its debt to the airport.

To note, the Zvartnots International Airport suspended its services rendered to the flights of Armavia on Wednesday, but the company transferred AMD 90 million (approx. $ 221,575) to Zvartnots and, as a result, the flights resumed. Armavia’s total debt is $3,360,000, which is one million dollars more than the limit.   

Armavia’s flights were grounded in med-September as well, but, subsequently, the Armenia International Airports Company—which owns Zvartnots International Airport—had resumed Armavia’s flights because arrangement was made on the payment of debts.

The conflict between Armavia and Armenia International Airports continues for several months. Zvartnots had suspended Armavia’s flights a number of times, and for exceeding the limit for outstanding debts, but the parties had come to an agreement as a result of negotiations.