Armenia will have a national air carrier

ArmInfo.The new Armenian air carrier plans to launch its first flight in summer," the press service of the multi-profile SIL GROUP Company told ArmInfo. The Company, together with the Moldovan FlyOne airline, will soon enter  the Armenian market of passenger air transportation under the FlyOne  ARMENIA brand name - a new airline that meets international standards  and will act as the country's national air carrier.

According to the SIL Group statement, FlyOne Armenia LLC, according  to the procedure, applied for a certificate of the aircraft operator  in early spring.

It was reported that on the morning of May 26, the first Airbus A320  of FlyOne Armenia Air Fleet arrived at Yerevan Zvartnots  International Airport to undergo the necessary technical inspection.

According to the report, the entry of FlyOne Armenia into the sector  of aviation in Armenia will allow the citizens of the country to  travel at incomparably more affordable prices. The new operator is  ready to offer its passengers those directions that are most in  demand in the Armenian market.

The Moldovan FLYONE airline (www.flyone.eu) was founded in 2016.  Being a young company, it managed in a very short time to become one  of the leaders of the aviation market in the Republic of Moldova.  During 2018 - 2020, the company was repeatedly included in the TOP-10  of the most reputable airlines in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

Mircea Maleca, a Moldovan businessman and director of FlyOne, said  that the first attempt to use his own aircraft began with an aircraft  registered in Armenia and owned by an Armenian company. "When we just  started to form our own airline, it made us think about the Armenian  market, study it. Taking into account our connections - friends,  partners, businessmen, as well as the fact that the Armenian market  is very similar to the Moldovan one, we began to consider this  opportunity from a commercial, financial, and now from a  transactional point of view. While studying the Armenian aviation  market, we noticed a very strange thing. Armenia does not have its  own full-fledged airline that could provide its citizens with  services at incomparably low prices. There is no airline in Armenia  that could offer a global network, regardless of the direction of the  flights. "We would like to note that the company has already taken  active steps, there are all positive prerequisites for FlyOne Armenia  to be able to fly to European destinations," the businessman said.     "None of the Armenian airlines can combine the terms "high quality"  and "affordable price" at the same time. "We are confident that by  combining the experience of our Moldovan partners with the work of  the long-term, knowledgeable and experienced team of the SIL Group,  we will achieve excellent results in the open air, provide a  geographically wide network, offering high-quality services to the  aviation market, the price is incomparably more affordable ", said  representative SIL Group Sona Soghomonyan. She noted that everything  possible will be done so that the composition of the airline is  formed mainly of Armenian specialists. "This, first of all, will  create the preconditions for the revival of the Armenian national  aviation sector." Soghomonyan also stressed that the creation of a  national air carrier will allow the restoration of the institution of  the Armenian national flight crew, which in Soviet times was  considered one of the most qualified. The prerequisites will be  created for the restoration of the training system for aviation  specialties in our country, which, in turn, will make it possible to  ensure a generational change in the aviation sector.  "With the  creation of FlyOne Armenia, at the first stage, about 135 high-paying  jobs will be created, and this number, of course, will tend to  increase," Soghomonyan added.

Relatively high prices for air tickets still dominate the Armenian  market, and since the model of the new airline is budgetary, it is  expected that it will become the most comfortable air vehicle for the  population and business environment of Armenia. "This will be a  powerful incentive for the development of tourism, as our pricing  policy will contribute to affordable air travel. We have noticed that  due to the high cost of transport services, people often use tiresome  car and bus services when traveling long distances.  Considering all  this, we will create maximum flexibility in the field, we will  propose new routes, which in turn will contribute to the development  of inbound and outbound tourism>, emphasized the representative of  the SIL Group.