Armenia intends to ensure equal conditions for Armenian air carriers in Russian airports

ArmInfo. Armenia's aviation  authorities are holding negotiations with the Russian side aimed at  ensuring equal conditions for Armenian air carriers in the airports  of Russia, Head of General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia  Sergey Avetisyan told journalists on December 20 at the press  conference on results of the year. 

Earlier in an interview to ArmInfo CEO of ''Armenia'' Airline Company  Robert Hovhannisyan stated that intergovernmental agreement between  Armenia and Russia is breached. He pointed at the official document  published in Russia for foreign and local air carriers, according to  which if the prime cost of Yerevan- Moscow-Yerevan flight is   calculated it is by $10-12 thousand lower for Russian air carrier  compared to the Armenian one. 

Meanwhile, according to Avetisyan in the Armenian-Russian  intergovernmental agreement in aero navigation field and airport fees  there is a provision, according to which Armenian air carriers should  be provided with conditions, equal to those which exist for  non-Russian companies. ''I do not see any violation'', the official  stated. 

Avetisyan informed that currently negotiations are being held with  the Russian side in order to review the inter-governmental agreement.  The country's aviation authorities hope that for the Armenian  companies conditions will be set equal with those for the Russian  ones as the Russian route is the main one for the air carriers of  Armenia.