Ukrainian AeroSvit Airlines has canceled the January 9 Kiev-Yerevan flight, the company's general representation in Armenia told ArmInfo.
The source reports that AeroSvit makes three flights a week to Armenia. For the first time, the flight to Yerevan for 3:50pm local time has been cancelled. The company has cancelled several flights also to other destinations due to financial problems. The following flight to Yerevan is scheduled for Sunday. It has not been cancelled yet, the representation reported.
The Yerevan Zvartnots Airport told ArmInfo that they have received no information from AeroSvit on cancellation of the flight. The airport press-service told ArmInfo that the Ukrainian company has current debts to Zvartnots Airport, but the latter has not suspended the flights of that airline.
To note, AeroSvit has cancelled also the evening fights from Prague and Yerevan to Kiev. The flights from Astana, New York, Bangkok, Tel Aviv, and the flight from Kiev to Baku and Goa are being delayed. Nevertheless, several planes of the company flew to Moscow on January 9.
Mass Media report on December 29, 2012, upon considering a petition from the foresaid air company, the Arbitration Court of the Kiev Region launched the court proceedings in the bankruptcy of the air company. Meanwhile, the court ruled to launch the procedure of the Aerosvit property crisis management. The court hearings are scheduled at a preparatory court session on January 23.
The debts of the air company to the creditors reached about 533 million dollars as of December 27, 2012. Hundreds of passengers are waiting for their flights at airports.
The air company Aerosvit - Ukrainian Airlines, which was founded in 1994, is based at the Kiev airport Borispol. This air carrier has the most sweeping network of regular international routes, serves over 80 flights in 34 countries, including five transcontinental nonstop airlines.