ArmInfo. Under an agreement reached during Armenian president Armen Sarkissian's visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Wizz Air Abu Dhabi airline will start flights to Yerevan, the RA presidential press office reports.
Armen Sarkissian reached a new agreement with high-ranking UAE officials on expanding cooperation in air communication between the two countries. Under the agreement, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will soon start carrying out flights to Yerevan. The Armenian president stated that the new air-bridge between the two countries is one more significant step toward strengthening the trade and economic ties between Armenia and the UAE, which will prove a considerable impetus, especially to tourism development, the press release reads.
Wizz Air announced its intention to carry out flights to Armenia in 2019. However, in 2020, as a result of the COVID pandemic, the airline could not start fights. The low-cost airline started carrying out flights to Yerevan in the latter half of 2021.
