Tuesday, November 22 2016 11:02

ArmInfo. Pobeda low-cost air carrier launched on Monday the sale of tickets from Moscow (Vnukovo airport) to Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia. Until the end of the winter schedule, no fewer than 10,000 tickets are sale at the  price of 999 Russian rubles, including all taxes and fees. The  company reports that within the framework of Fly&Bus service, Pobeda  offers the new flight passengers to make use of transfer services to  Yerevan.        

Pobeda will make flights to Gyumri starting from December 15, thrice  a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The departure from  Moscow (Vnukovo airport) will presumably be at 8.00 am, and the  arrival in Gyumri will be at 11.50 am. The departure from Gyumri will  be scheduled for 12.25 pm, and the arrival in Moscow will be at 2.25  pm. On Sundays, the flight hours will be made an hour earlier. Pobeda  uses a Boeing 737-800. Travel.ru reports that on the first days of  the sales the price will be 1019 RUR (luggage, hand-luggage charges  and other fees exclusive). This price will be available for almost  all flights of December and January. In February and March the price  of one-way tickets for most of the flights will start from 2552 RUR.  In addition, Pobeda offers bus services from Gyumri to Yerevan for  extra 510 RUR. 

To recall, the price of Pobeda tickets does not include the charge of  luggage weighing more than 10kg and part of the hand-luggage. No food  is served on board the plane regardless of the flight duration. The  attempts to take food in a separate package will be considered as a  paid hand-luggage and 2000 RUR will be charged for that. In case the  ticket is bought on Pobeda's website at the minimum tariff  "Standard", the company includes paid insurance in the price. To  prevent this, one needs to remove the mark from the relevant item at  the bottom of the page of additional services. The choice of the seat  costs 149 to 999 RUR. 

To note, no flights have been conducted from Shiak airport in  Gyumri for a long period of time. The only flight Gyumri-Moscow was  suspended in the beginning of this year. To note, "Shirak" airport is  part of  "Armenia" International Airports" CJS, established by the  famous Argentinean businessman of Armenian descent Eduardo Eurnekian.  The airport "Shirak" of Gyumri can be considered the second  international alternate airport of Armenia.

On October 20, while presenting the government program for  the next three years, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan stated in  Parliament that the Armenian government intended to re-launch the  airport in Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia. According to  him the government would hold negotiations with a number of low-cost  companies for this purpose.