  Armavia to demand penalty for Yerevan-Beirut flight delay  March 13, 2013 - 14:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armavia air company's Yerevan-Beirut night flight was never launched, with some of the passengers spending the night in the airport. The passengers were informed about a delay only after the registration was completed. As Armavia spokesperson Nana Avetisova told PanARMENIAN.Net Beirut airport refused to accept the air company's plane, citing the latter's technical flaws. The spokesperson rejected the information as false, with the General Department of Civil Aviation looking into the issue. Ms Avetisova expressed hope for the problem to be resolved soon, enabling the flight to take place as soon as possible. "We'll be demanding penalty from Beirut airport," she 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 |  Latest 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. |
