Georgian Airways selling Moscow-Tbilisi tickets with landing in YerevanOctober 22, 2019 - 12:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian Airways is offering flights from Moscow to the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, with a half-hour landing in Yerevan, Armenia, without alighting or unloading the baggage, Interfax reports. The press service of the airline revealed that passengers won't have to leave the plane and board another one in Yerevan. "To have a comfortable flight between Russia and Georgia, passengers will remain on board the aircraft during landing in Yerevan, their luggage will not be unloaded, and the transit time won't exceed 35 minutes," the carrier said. Round-trip tickets cost €193 per person. A decree banning direct flights between Russia and Georgia, issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to anti-Russia protests in Tbilisi, came into effect on July 8. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |