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Oct 30, 2014 (newstodate): Armenia seems to be hesitant towards becoming the world's first country, excepting Russia, to welcome direct flights from The Russian Federation's new "Republic of Crimea".
Plans were that the Chechen carrier Grozny Avia, set up by Chechnya's strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, was to launch traffic on the route between Simferopol and Yerevan starting from October 10, 2014, but Armenia's civil aviation authority seems to have found details in the carrier's application delaying the final issuance of permits to start flights.
The flights would hardly enhance the international image of Armenia that is poised to enter the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union in 2015.
Simferopol Airport re-opened for international traffic from July 19, 2014, after Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and Grozny Avia is already offering direct flights to Moscow.
The carrier has mulled plans for taking in Airbus A320 Family aircraft to grow its capacity from today's fleet of four Yak-42D.
Plans were that the Chechen carrier Grozny Avia, set up by Chechnya's strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, was to launch traffic on the route between Simferopol and Yerevan starting from October 10, 2014, but Armenia's civil aviation authority seems to have found details in the carrier's application delaying the final issuance of permits to start flights.
The flights would hardly enhance the international image of Armenia that is poised to enter the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union in 2015.
Simferopol Airport re-opened for international traffic from July 19, 2014, after Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and Grozny Avia is already offering direct flights to Moscow.
The carrier has mulled plans for taking in Airbus A320 Family aircraft to grow its capacity from today's fleet of four Yak-42D.