ArmInfo. On June 2, a FlyArystan airliner of the Kazakh company landed at the Zvartnots international airport, carrying out for the first time a direct flight from Almaty to the capital of Armenia, the city of Yerevan. From now on, flights will be carried out by Airbus -320 comfortable economy class airliners twice a week - on Mondays and Thursdays, the cost of a ticket, depending on the choice of services provided, starts from 46,000 drams (one way).
According to deputy director of the Zvartnots airport Sergey Avetisyan, Almaty was the most popular destination for the citizens of Armenia, however, for one reason or another, it was not possible to connect the city with a direct connection. At the same time, he expressed hope that the launch of the flight would be justified from the point of view of tourist flows. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia Bolat Imanbayev stated that the launch of the flight on the anniversary of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Kazakhstan is significant. According to him, the opening of this direction is of great importance within the framework of multifaceted cooperation between Armenia and Kazakhstan in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian sectors, and also attached importance in terms of stimulating tourism. Noting the dynamic development of bilateral cooperation, Imanbayev pointed to the confidential exchange of views and high-level dialogue between Armenia and Kazakhstan. Answering a question from an ArmInfo correspondent, he said that another flight is currently being developed - a direct flight between Kazakhstan and Armenia, which will be operated by FlyArnsta. In this regard, FlyArystan Ground Handling Director Daniyar Uskenbayev, answering a question from ArmInfo, noted that Yerevan was a very important point for the development of the route network. he stressed. It should be noted that Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan and Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Armen Arzumanyan were present during the landing of the plane from Almaty to Yerevan. There were also journalists and bloggers from Kazakhstan on the plane, who, within the framework of a 4- day tour, intend to reveal the tourism potential of Armenia for Kazakhstani citizens. According to the RA Statistical Committee, in 2021, 5,451 tourists from Kazakhstan arrived in Armenia, which is 2.4 times higher than the indicator of a year ago.
It should be noted that FlyArystan is the first low-cost airline in Kazakhstan and Eurasia, the first flight of which was carried out in May 2019. Today, the FlyArystan fleet has 11 Airbus A320 aircraft, which daily make more than 60 flights throughout Kazakhstan and abroad.
