Yerevan - Zvartnots International Airport

Transavia France has launched a second route to Armenia’s capital Yerevan and announced plans to begin flying to Dubai for the first time.

The Hungarian carrier will open 12 new routes from the southern European country.

Armenian startup Fly Arna is launching a new route to Moscow, but Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will not return to the Russian capital as previously planned.

The carrier intends to serve the country’s capital Yerevan.

The new Armenian flag-carrier will initially serve three destinations when flights start on July 3.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The UAE carrier is also establishing a new airline in Pakistan.

Turkey and Armenia are set to be linked by nonstop flights once again as the countries make efforts to normalize relations.

The startup intends to begin operations in December, offering flights to destinations in France, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Moldova, Russia and Turkey.

The common aviation area agreement eliminates restrictions on services between the European Union and Armenia, opening up the potential for new routes and carriers to enter the market.

Flights between Abu Dhabi and Moscow Vnukovo will start in December.

Three routes to the capital Yerevan will begin in October that are set to provide more one-stop options from Moscow.

A new low-cost airline is being launched in Pakistan that will serve both domestic and international routes.

A third aircraft will be based in Lithuania’s capital, while Wizz’s Abu Dhabi-based offshoot is starting flights to Bahrain.

New destinations are being added from the LCC's bases at Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Salzburg.

A number of carriers, including Condor and S7 Airlines, are growing their networks with routes to Armenia.

The carrier’s summer schedule includes new routes to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and the Black Sea vacation hotspot of Batumi.

Athens will become the first destination to be served by the start-up, while a second route to Greece will start next month.

The startup intends to fly to nine destinations from its base in Yerevan, but it has to contend with a border conflict in addition to COVID-19.

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The two carriers have agreed a codeshare deal less than four months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation.

Latvian airline airBaltic is restoring a direct seasonal route to Greek island Rhodes.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will begin operations in October with an initial network of six routes, one of which will compete directly with Etihad and Air Arabia’s newly launched rival.

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