YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Lufthansa Group is planning to expand its presence in Armenia, Ronald Schulz, Senior Director at Lufthansa Group and Head of Liaison Office for the Russian Federation and CIS, said Tuesday as met with Sergey Avetisyan, Chief of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia.



Lufthansa Group is represented in Armenia’s market by two air companies – Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, which together service eight flights a week.



Schulz said that the corporation would consider the Armenian market for expanding its activity in the country and would also discuss room for operating its flights in the daytime.



Avetisyan, in his turn, told the Lufthansa representative about programs that are being implemented in Armenia to improve business environment in aviation.



Stressing the importance of the Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement between the European Union and Armenia, he said that it will have positive impacts on the air companies which are present at Armenia’s market for long years and will allow them to make their flights more frequent.



On December 1, 2016, the Council of the European Union upheld the European Commission’s intention to negotiate with Armenia over the latter’s accession to the EU common air space. The agreement implies liberalization of flights to all the EU countries at once. ---0---





10:15 31.05.2017