Aslan Bayram: Van Way Airlines plans to operate Van-Yerevan flightsJanuary 7, 2011 - 12:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Turkish Van Way Airlines Aslan Bayram said that the company plans to operate Van-Yerevan flights. According to him, the company had to reduce the number of flights due to the financial crisis. “However, we have successfully overcome these difficulties and plan to re-launch flights to Ankara, Gaziatep and Trabzon,” Bayram said, adding that the company planned to increase the number of its destinations in the future including Iran's Tehran, Urmia and Tabriz, Iraq's Sulaimaniyah and Irbil, as well as Yerevan. “We plan to launch flights to these destinations from January 15, 2011,” Zaman paper quoted Bayram as saying. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |