Armavia cleans fleet from old aircraftsOctober 26, 2009 - 19:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Being included in the list of over 4 thousand companies which should reduce carbon dioxide burst, Armavia national carrier decided to clean its fleet from old aircrafts."There aircrafts which do not fly now. These are Il-86 and Tu-134. If we remove these aircrafts from our fleet, the company will have no problem," said Mikhail Baghdasarov, President of Mika Limited and owner of Armavia. "If companies like Air France and Lufthansa are included in the list, it's a serious issue," 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |