Armenia’s CCAD did not receive the permission of Armenian air authorities to operate flights to Yerevan
Armenia’s Chief Civil Aviation Department (CCAD) has declined today a report by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) that a recently established Russian Pobeda low-cost airline has received the permission of Armenian air authorities to operate flights to Yerevan.
The Rosaviatsia report was circulated on February 27. In particular, it claimed that the airline had received the permission to operate four flights a week from the southern Russian resort city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast to Armenia.
A press officer for Armenia’s Chief Civil Aviation Department, Ruben Grdzelyan said to ARKA that the agency did not receive a formal application from Pobeda for permission to carry out flights to Armenia.
According to the rules, the Russian air company should first apply to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, which is to send its application to the Chief Civil Aviation Department. Then after consideration of the application, it must be agreed with the Ministry of Economy and other stakeholders and only then the applicant will be able to obtain a permit and begin the flights. Traditionally the entire process takes one month.
Pobeda airline was founded in September 2014 replacing another budget carrier called Dobrolet, which halted operations after being included in the list of EU sanctions against Russia for operating flights to Crimea. Pobeda is based at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. -0-