The General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia is also guilty of Armavia Airlines’ bankruptcy, Chairman of the Public Council's Air Transport Policy Sub-Committee, Dmitri Atbashyan, said Thursday at the discussion on the topic “Problems in aviation area of Armenia: Is presence of air carrier a privilege?”

In his words, Armenia needs an authority which will be responsible for the effectiveness of the aerotechnics and airspace, as well as security of flights.  

“When Armavia went bankrupt, everyone thought and till now thinks that this was Bagdasarov’s fault. I worked there for a while. This company worked ineffectively,” Atbashyan noted.

According to him, not only Baghdasarov is guilty of the company’s bankruptcy.

“Our General Department of Civil Aviation was also guilty, since the planes flew overloaded. Thus more petrol was used and the security of the flights was questionable,” Atbashyan stressed.