Air Transport

Two weeks after two separate accidents wiped out much of its fleet, Armenian carrier Armavia last week took delivery of the second of two Airbus A319s.

The airline has also revealed that it intends to complement its fleet with 50- to 70-seat regional aircraft.

Yerevan-based Armavia’s second A319 was, like its predecessor, formerly operated by defunct US carrier Independence Air.

The aircraft arrived two weeks after a fatal Black Sea crash and a subsequent maintenance hangar fire at Brussels destroyed two of the airline’s three A320s.

The carrier’s introduction of the A319 brings its fleet up to a total of six aircraft – two A319s, its sole remaining A320, an Ilyushin Il-86, a Yakovlev Yak-40 and a Yak-42.