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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |