  British Airways finalizes decision on Armenia-bound flights’ low profitability August 28, 2012 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - British Airways finalized decision on extremely low profitability of Armenia-bound flights. Instead, the airline will operate flights to Azerbaijan’s and Georgia’s capital cities Baku and Tbilisi respectively. The company terminates activity in several countries, including Armenia. As sources told PanARMENIAN.Net low-profitability was mentioned as the key reason behind the decision. British Airways operated no flights to Yerevan in the past few years, with BMI launching flights to Armenian capital instead.   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 |  Latest 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. |
