Plane connecting Armenia with Artsakh is ready for flight

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS: The airport of Stepanakert is technically ready for operation. Armenpress was informed from the head NKR civil aviation department Dmitry Adbashyan that issues relating to certification of the staff had also been solved.

“The committee from General Civil Aviation Department of Armenia conducted inspections to find out the correspondence of the airport to ICAO demands” he said. Adbashyan also informed that though the act has not been signed yet but it can be stated that the inspections were successful. The acts will be received some days later, defects will be corrected and they will have the right to operate the airport. Adbashyan could not answer when they would receive the act and what kind of defects and demands would be in it.

He informed that they do their best in order to operate the airport as soon as possible. They try to establish affordable prices for those who want to leave from Yerevan for Stepanakert. According to preliminary information the value of the ticket will be around 20000 AMD, apparently up to 18000 AMD. The duration of the flight will be 40 minutes. Periodicity is not yet finally approved. The head of the department mentioned that there is a wish to implement one or two flights a day. He is for implementing two flights a day but some specialists advise to begin from one flight a day. After the operation of the airport flights to other directions will also be implemented but it is early o speak about it.