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Armenian Tourism Committee discusses cooperation opportunities with  Lufthansa

Armenian Tourism Committee discusses cooperation opportunities with  Lufthansa

ArmInfo. Lusine Gevorgyan, Chairperson of the Tourism Committee of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, received Mohammed Nasr, Regional Director of  the Lufthansa Group.

According to the Committee's press service, the parties discussed  cooperation opportunities, upcoming events, and the dynamics of  tourist visits in recent years.

The parties emphasized the importance of ensuring flight continuity,  noting their positive impact, and also emphasized the need to provide  customers with high-quality and comfortable services.

Lufthansa is Germany's flagship airline and Europe's largest airline  group, which also includes major airlines such as Swiss International  Airlines and Austrian Airlines. Lufthansa is also a co-founder of the  world's oldest and largest airline alliance, Star Alliance,  established in 1997. On July 15, 2021, it was reported that,  following lengthy negotiations, Lufthansa decided to enter the  Armenian market on August 13 of that same year.

According to the RA Statistics Committee, air passenger traffic in  2025 increased by 6.7% (compared to a 0.4% decline in 2024), reaching  5,755,700 passengers. The number of tourists visiting Armenia in 2025  reached 2.27 million, an increase of almost 3% compared to the same  period last year.