Armavia
| Armavia Արմավիա |
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| IATA code : | U8 |
| ICAO code : | RNV |
| Call sign : | ARMAVIA |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Operation stopped: | 2013 |
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Yerevan , Armenia
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| Home airport : | Yerevan |
| Management: | Norayr Beluyan |
| Fleet size: | 8th |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Armavia Արմավիա ceased operations in 2013. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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Armavia ( Armenian Արմավիա) was the largest Armenian airline based in Yerevan and based at Yerevan Airport .
history
The company was founded in 1996, but flight operations did not start until 2001. In 2002 Armavia entered into an alliance with Siberia Airlines (today: S7 Airlines ), which took over 70% of the shares in Armavia, while the remaining shares remained with Armenian investors. In October 2002 the company took delivery of its first Airbus A320 .
A second Airbus followed in August 2003, and Armavia took over routes from the state-owned company Armenian Airlines , which filed for bankruptcy. Armavia then acquired a monopoly from the Armenian government on certain lucrative routes (e.g. Yerevan – Moscow). In return, Armavia pledged to employ local workers, not to reduce the number of flights offered, and to pay the state an annual fee of one million US dollars. On January 1, 2005, Armavia took over further routes from Armenian International Airways , making Armavia the largest air carrier in Armenia.
In 2005 the Russian multimillionaire of Armenian descent Mikhail Baghdasarow (actually Baghdasarjan , Armenian Բաղդասարյան) acquired the 70% of the shares in Siberia Airlines. Baghdasarov is said to have good contacts with the powerful Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan . The criticism of the World Bank on the monopoly Armavias which indicates that prices were inflated, was rejected by the authorities with the argument that Armavia is for national security is important because in the event of a resumption of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh Armavia unlike foreign Providers would not stop the flights.
In 2011 Armavia was the world's first customer of the Sukhoi SSJ 100-95 , but in July 2012 it was announced that the second Superjet on order would not be accepted.
At the end of March 2013 Armavia ceased all flight operations.
Destinations
Armavia recently offered international flights, the destinations within the German-speaking area varied depending on the season ( Cologne / Bonn , Frankfurt , Berlin-Tegel , Düsseldorf , Vienna , Amsterdam ).
fleet
Most recently Armavia owned eight aircraft:
Incidents
Armavia recorded two incidents in its history:
- On 3 May 2006, crashed at 2:15 am local time Airbus A320-200 , Armavia Flight 967 from Yerevan coming, at landing approach to the airport Sochi to the Black Sea . All 113 people on board, including 6 children and 8 crew members, were killed. According to the official accident report, if the landing was ordered to abort, the pilot lost his orientation due to an increased stress situation due to bad weather, the darkness and time pressure and steered the aircraft into a crash (see also Armavia flight 967 ) .
- On the night of May 4th and 5th, 2006, four aircraft, including an Armavia Airbus A320-200 , burned down in a Sabena Technics hangar at Brussels Airport . The airline had thus lost two planes within two days.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Armenia Report 2006
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Armavia duped Sukhoi July 13, 2012.
- ^ Armavia: Announcement on the German-language homepage ( Memento from February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) February 23, 2008.
- ^ Armavia's aircraft put on sale , accessed February 8, 2015.
- ↑ Data on the airline Armavia in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on February 8, 2014.