and Yerevan in Armenia, which offers an onward connection to Delhi
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Illarion Gharibyan, Deputy Director General of Armavia (centre left)
cut the ribbon to launch the new route as he was welcomed by
Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport (centre right)
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with Birmingham the airlines first UK destination. The weekly
service, departing Birmingham at 0925 on Tuesday, will be
operated by a 134 seat Airbus A319 aircraft with
8 business class seats and 126 economy seats
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Armenian descent and people can currently only access flights to
Armenia from Heathrow so the Birmingham operation will provide
more choice for those wanting to reach Yerevan"
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Paul Kehoe said: "Not only will Armavia Airlines offer people a
brand new service to Armenia, it will provide another welcome
connection to India, which will be of particular interest to
the 200,000 Indian people living in the Midlands"
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE - operates on a Tuesday -
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0655/0925 U8 107/108 319 from/to Yerevan
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Schedule subject to change!!