Turkish carrier Pegasus has submitted an application to the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia for launching Istanbul-Yerevan flights, Sona Harutyunyan, press secretary of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures, has said, according to Sputnik Armenia.

"They have applied for the implementation of two flights a week, starting in February," Harutyunyan said, adding that the the civil aviation authorities will consider the application within reasonable time frames.

The civil aviation authorities of Armenia earlier gave permission to the Flyone Armenia airline to operate charter flights on the route Yerevan-Istanbul-Yerevan.