Armavia has launched a new weekly service between Birmingham 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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Illarion Gharibyan said: "There are 20,000 people in the UK from 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!!
Tuesday 28 September 2010