YEREVAN. – The fees, which Zvartnots International Airport—of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan—charges, are not suitable for budget airlines.

Satenik Hovhannisyan, Press Secretary of the Armenian Government-Affiliated General Department of Civil Aviation (GDCA), told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am. She noted this commenting on the recent statement by low-cost Pobeda Airlines of Russia.

“The [said] airline preferred Shirak Airport [of Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia]. Naturally, the tariffs of Zvartnots Airport are not suitable for budget airlines; this is accepted throughout the world,” explained the GDCA spokesperson. “It’s a normal phenomenon that budget airlines conduct flights from non-standard airports.”

Interfax news agency had informed that low-cost Pobeda Airlines of Russia will not be flying between Yerevan and Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and due to the high fee of passenger service that is charged at Zvartnots International Airport.