The chair of the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia, Tatevik Revazian, said during an online press conference that the CAC took serious steps at the Aviation Safety Summit in Brussels. The committee was also presented with information on what needed to take place in order for them to come out of their current situation.
“The main emphasis was placed on the fact that there are airlines registered in Armenia that carry out flights in different countries. They asked us how we cannot carry out adequate inspections in Armenia if that can be done sufficiently in Africa,” Revazian said.
She added that they began to look into how this takes place. They understood that the civil aviation in Armenia never had any direct contact with the civil aviation in those countries at any given point. “We depended on the airline to organize a visit in order for us to carry out an inspection. We were not able to carry out fully independent inspections. Taking into consideration the fact that we cannot do that adequately, the proper steps were taken so that airlines would not be able to register in Armenia and carry out flights to Africa. We had serious incidents in Africa.”
As a result of those steps, as Revazian said, Taron Avia ceased operations, and now the Mars Avia flights have been canceled. If they are not able to eliminate their problems, the airline will be forced to close on May 1st. “This means that we will not have an airline that will carry out flights to Africa. This is a serious move.”
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