Tel Aviv-Yerevan flight still delayed in Israeli airportMay 6, 2011 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for Armavia national carrier Nana Avetisova said that the company’s Tel Aviv-Yerevan flight is still delayed in Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, with the flights being canceled on May as a result of problems with jet fuel. “According to available data, fuel purification is under way, while the certain date of the aircraft’s departure is still unknown,” Avetisova told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport grounded all departing flights on May 5, stranding thousands of passengers, after jet fuel at the airport was found to be tainted. 41 passengers of Tel Aviv-Yerevan flight have been accommodated in hotels. Spokesman for Zvartnots airport Gevorg Abramyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that any set of fuel and lubricants is sent for compulsory laboratory testing. Besides, samples of fuel are taken immediately before its provision to aircraft fuel tank. “I do not recall a case, when problems with fuel quality were recorded at Zvartnots,” he said. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. |