YEREVAN. – Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport resumed, on Thursday at around 5pm, its services rendered to Armavia Airline Company—which is Armenia’s national carrier—the airport’s pres secretary Gevorg Abrahamyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

He noted that Armavia’s flights started to operate again because the company transferred AMD 40 million (approx. $ 98,820) to the airport. Armavia’s current outstanding debt to Zvartnots stands at $3,160,000, but the company promised to reduce debt to $3 million on Friday.   

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the Zvartnots International Airport again suspended its services rendered to Armavia, as of Thursday 11am, Abrahamyan had said noting that the resumption of Armavia flights will depend solely on the company, and as to when it will take measures to reduce its debt to the airport.

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.