Taron Avia eyes Russia flights from late 3Q

Taron Avia (TRV, Erebuni) is planning to deploy its fleet of three B737-500s on scheduled flights to Russia later this quarter airline chairman Garnik Papikyan has told ATO news in an interview.

 Papikyan says he sees strong potential in the Armenia-Russia market.

 "We will be based in Yerevan," he said. "From the Armenian capital, we mainly want to fly to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov, Krasnodar, Adler/Sochi, Volgograd, Voronezh Chertovitskoye and others."

 Presently, the start-up's B737 fleet is undergoing C-Checks and repainting in Jordan ahead of a planned September launch.

 According to its website, Taron-Avia also operates five freighters - one Il-76TD and four An-12BPs.
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