Yesterday during the meeting with journalist the Chairman of the Audit Chamber of Armenia Ishkhan Zakaryan stated that that in 2007-2008 the 9 companies working abroad paid to the Armenian budget only 37 million dram altogether while the ArmAir company which in 2008 used only 1 helicopter to spray trees etc. paid 41 million dram. “Air Armenia which exploited 5 airlines in 2007-08 paid AMD 212 million, while Armairo which possesses only 1 helicopter paid a total sum of 41.3 million AMD, which exceeds the tax payments of the above-mentioned 9 companies. “There are serious problems in the sphere, so it is necessary to amend the relevant legislation,” Zakaryan noted. The Armenian Audit Chamber found out that in Armenia the Air companies are registered free of charge. Ishkhan Zakaryan says the Armenian department of aviation registered 12 companies in Armenia the activities of 9 of which were held abroad. Ishkhan Zakaryan says that if one of them registered in the United Arab Emirates, it would have to pay 320 million dram and in London, the sum would be equal to 1 billion dram.
