The ‘new’ Cyprus Airways launched operations in 2017 and remains a small operator. According to Planespotters, it has five aircraft: three 180-seat A320s and two 133-seat A220-300s. The A220s joined its fleet in June 2023 and entered revenue service in August, although September is the month with much greater activity. Last year, Cyprus Airways said […]
August 31, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air introduced flights between Prague and Yerevan on Monday 26 June, with the 2-weekly service to be maintained on Mondays and Fridays. The ULCC will utilise its A321neo aircraft on the 2,590-kilometre route. It faces no competition on flights between the two capitals. What they said Zsuzsa Trubek, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air, […]
July 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The capital of Armenia, Yerevan recorded 3.65 million passengers in 2022, as the following figure shows. It exceeded its previous best year – 2019 – by an considerable 19.7%. More than this, traffic in the first five months of 2023 totalled 1.85 million – 83.3% more than its previous best January-May, achieved last year. The […]
July 4, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
FlyOne Armenia (IATA code 3F) introduced flights between Yerevan and Dusseldorf on Thursday 18 May, becoming the German airport’s first link to Armenia. The 3,140-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays with a 180-seat A320 aircraft. Since airlines registered in Armenia are on the European Commission’s “blacklist”, prohibiting them from entering EU […]
May 23, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air has had a busy start to the year launching over a dozen new routes in the first two weeks of 2023. One of those was between Venice VCE and Yerevan in Armenia, which commenced on Thursday 12 January. The 2,670-kilometre route will operate 2-weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays and faces no direct competition. […]
January 17, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) has added a new route on 24 April from its main Paris ORY base to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Initially, flights will be weekly, increasing to 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays) from the beginning of June. The 3,430-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, Air France offers […]
May 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
FlyOne Armenia (IATA code 3F) began a 2-weekly service on Wednesday 2 February between Yerevan and Istanbul IST. Going forward, the airline will operate the route on Mondays and Fridays, with a regular Wednesday service set to be added from April. The inaugural flight was operated with an A320, registration ER-00006. The airline faces no […]
February 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Having recently concluded a Common Aviation Area Agreement with Ukraine, the EU finalised a similar agreement with Armenia on 15 November. Similar agreements have been signed with Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Moldova and Morocco. According to an EU statement: The benefits include new air transport opportunities, more direct connections and economic benefits to both sides: All […]
December 3, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Almost one week after its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings launched weekly service from Cologne Bonn to Yerevan, Lufthansa began its own service to the Armenian capital with a 3-weekly service from Frankfurt, with the first departure being on Thursday 12 August. The inaugural service on the 2,990-kilometre route (flight number LH 1560, operated by an Airbus […]
August 16, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings, Lufthansa’s in-house LCC, launched a new, weekly service on Friday 6 August between Cologne Bonn and Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Yerevan is a new destination for Eurowings and no other carrier serves the route. The inaugural service on the 3,100-kilometre route (flight number EW 290, operated by an Airbus A320 registration D-ABHC) departed […]
August 10, 2021 | Latest Route News +