Thursday, January 26 2017 18:37

ArmInfo. Head of General  Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia Sergey Avetisyan held a  meeting with Founder of Blue Panorama airline company Franco Pecci,  the press service of the Department informs. 

During the meeting the sides discussed possible options of carrying  out flights to Europe, possibilities of servicing Armenian market and  the program of further actions. The Founder of Blue Panorama  expressed readiness to cooperate and stressed the necessity of deep  research of all the opportunities. Sergey Avetisyan in turn welcomed  his interlocutor's interest in the aviation market of Armenia and  also stated about readiness to establish cooperation. 

Blue Panorama Airlines S.p.A. is an Italian airline headquartered in  Fiumicino operating scheduled and charter flights from Italy -  especially Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Malpensa - to various  international destinations. Blu-express is the brand name for  low-cost short and medium range flights operated by Blue Panorama.  Additional business charter flights are operated under the name  Executive Blue. To recall the EU Board on transport,  telecommunications and energy during its December 1 session approved  the mandate to start negotiations on comprehensive Agreement on air  transport with Armenia. After two years of work Armenia obtained an  opportunity to start negotiations on joining the Agreement. According  to the procedure as soon as the European Commission   receives  mandate it will be authorized to start negotiations with   Yerevan,  Armenia will be given the draft agreement, which will be the   basis  of the negotiations.   According to the officials in Armenia   the  negotiations will not last long, as there already exists the   model  format of cooperation with all the countries. Beside certifications  and flights safety, the document assumes the cancellation of  restrictions in respect to foreign carriers of Armenia, and Armenian  carriers - to European countries. This will open the opportunity to  attract European companies to work with Armenia under better  conditions. The liberalization will also secure the fair competition  at international level.