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First Beirut-Yerevan flight sheduled for July 5

First Beirut-Yerevan flight sheduled for July 5

19:11 AMT  15:11 GMT
Lebanese airlines will resume direct flights between Beirut and Yerevan with the first one scheduled got July 5, the editor-in-chief of Aztag Beirut-based daily said. As Shahan Kandaharian told PanARMENIAN.Net, negotiations on the matter are being finalized, with Middle East Airlines to operate the flights. Direct Lebanon-Armenia flights were halted following Armavia air company’s bankruptcy.
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