Armenia Aircompany has launched direct flights from Yerevan to Beirut, a company spokeswoman said in a Facebook post.

The first passengers of Yerevan-Beirut maiden flight jetted off to the Lebanese capital onboard a Boeing 737-500 aircraft, Satenik Hovhannisyan said.

Citizens of both Armenia and Lebanon are exempt from visa requirements.

Armenia Aircompany was founded on November 25, 2015 and commenced operations on April 21, 2016. As of March 2017, Armenia Aircompany serves destinations including Beirut (Lebanon), Mineralnye Vody (Russia), Tbilisi (Georgia), Tehran (Iran), Thessaloniki (Greece), Voronezh (Russia), Rome (Italy) and Frankfurt (Germany).