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YEREVAN, JULY 18, ARMENPRESS. The new route of the flights by "Ukraine International Airlines" bypasses the eastern part of Ukraine. As "Armenpress" was told by the air company, the flights will be carried out 200 kilometers far from the zone of hostilities in the south of Ukraine.
"To secure the safety of the passengers the company has changed the air route through the territory of Ukraine. At present "Ukraine International Airlines" carries out all internal and external, regular and charter flights as scheduled. The company undertakes all its obligations towards passengers. Air routes change, however, can lead to minor delays," reports the air company.
Earlier, the Deputy Head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Poghosyan, answering the question of "Armenpress", of how to regulate the flights from Armenia to Ukraine, when many international air carriers have cancelled flights over the territory of Ukraine, said that the Armenian air carrier «AIR Armenia» company does not carry out flights over the territory of Ukraine. And the international air carriers should decide their flight routes for themselves.
On July 17 Boeing-777 Malaysia Airlines, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed near the village of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard. After the incident, it was announced that Ukraine may close air corridors for civil aviation on the territory of hostilities. Later, some air companies announced that they would suspend flights over the territory of Ukraine.