Yerevan again denied information about direct flights with Simferopol
Simferopol, November 17 (PolitNavigator, Evgeniy Andreev) – The General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Armenia denied the report about the organization of a direct flight “Simferopol – Yerevan” on Sunday.
The department's press secretary, Ruben Grdzelyan, told Interfax about this .
“The General Directorate of Civil Aviation is not considering an application for a direct flight from Yerevan to Simferopol; such a flight does not exist,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the departure of the Simferopol-Yerevan flight is registered on the website of the Simferopol International Airport.
The day before, the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Crimea, Anatoly Tsurkin, said that the first flight took off from Simferopol to Yerevan on Sunday morning. According to him, the return flight from Yerevan to Simferopol will take place on Monday.
The minister added that planes will fly once a week. Departure from Simferopol airport is scheduled for Sunday at 09.00 Moscow time. Departure from Yerevan Zvartnots Airport is scheduled for Monday at 15.00 (14.00 Moscow time). The flight duration will be from one hour 45 minutes to two hours.
Let us recall that on October 25, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Armenia denied the statement of the Minister of Transport of Crimea Anatoly Tsurkin about the establishment of an international air route “Yerevan - Simferopol” from November 16. The flights were to be operated by Yerevan-Simferopol airline. Also, according to Tsurkin, on October 23, the sale of tickets for the specified flight began. Meanwhile, there was no information on the organization of air travel on the Yerevan-Simferopol route on the official website of Grozny Avia that day.
Yerevan has once again denied reports of direct air service to Simferopol.