These flights are operated by “Armavia” company (Yerevan-Moscow(U8 510), Yerevan Simferopol(U8 835), Yerevan-Moscow(U8 516), Yerevan-Paris(U8 101), Yerevan-Moscow(U8 512)). These flights were delayed. According to our sources of information from Zvartnots airport, the reason for such a busy timetable is the fact that during two days the company lost two aircrafts.
Anyway, we tried to ask them why they didn’t operate some of their flights. We also wanted to know what passengers do in this case when they have an opportunity to use the services of other companies. The civil aviation and airport officials can’t answer to these questions, so we tried to find out from Armavia. When the press correspondent of the company heard about the explanation of these delays that was hosted on the web page of Zvartnots, she was surprised. At first she tried to reject this information, and later promised to find out from their directors. But later when we tried to call her, her mobile phone was turned off and as for the phones of the company, nobody answered to our calls. We decided to ask Mikhail Baghdasarov. When we called him and said that nobody from that company answered to our calls, he told us that it was not his responsibility. Later we asked him why the company had delayed the flights, he advised us to call the executive director of the company, Norayr Belluyan, and ask him everything and added that he would answer to all our questions. However, we didn’t get any answers from them.
The only thing we can do now is to write about the rumors that we have heard concerning the delays. The company has two aircrafts, which work with a very busy schedule. The crew and the pilots are very tired because they work very hard. In fact, today Armavia will bring its new A 319 model aircraft to Armenia. We hope that this time they will not light candles in the airport and will not invite high ranked officials to greet the plane. We hope that Baghdasarov will not cut any ribbons either. On the other hand it just may happen because, if you recall, the day right after the catastrophe he told stewardesses not to cry and said, “People don’t like crying stewardesses”.