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Int'l carriers suspend Armenia ops as Azeri conflict flares

The escalation of a long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has seen Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) and various other carriers cancelling flights to Yerevan.

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan imposed martial law as the countries accused each other for the renewed clashes from September 27, 2020. Heavy artillery fire from both sides resulted in nearly 100 casualties, including civilians, reported BBC and Euronews. Armenia released a picture of an Armenian Su-25 jet it claimed was shot down by a Turkish F-16 on September 29. Turkey, which is backing Azerbaijan, denied the claim. Following calls for a ceasefire from France, Russia and the US, Armenia on October 2 said it was prepared to engage with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to re-establish a ceasefire.

The disputed region is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but ethnic Armenians have controlled the territory since a 1988-1994 war between the two former Soviet republics. The latest fighting was the heaviest seen in the long-running conflict since 2016, reports...

Traffic demand low despite Jordan's reopening

Travel demand at Jordan’s Amman Queen Alia Airport has remained low since it reopened to international commercial traffic earlier this month, says the Airport International Group (AIG).

AIG, a consortium of local and international partners that manages the airport on behalf of the Kingdom, said in a statement that passenger numbers were 95.29% lower during the first two weeks of resuming regular flights on September 8, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. Aircraft movements decreased by 92.51% during the same period of comparison, AIG said. During the same period in 2019, a total of 365,451 passengers had travelled through QAIA, while the airport had registered 3,243 aircraft movements.

Nevertheless, QAIA welcomed a total of 17,199 passengers on 123 international commercial passenger aircraft movements (ACM) arriving from 22 destinations, while 120 international commercial flights had departed to 23 destinations.

AIG said 22 airlines had recommenced flights at QAIA, including Royal Jordanian, Jordan Aviation, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Fly Jordan, flydubai, Etihad Airways,...

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