Eurasia.net has reported the Armenia's Civil Aviation Committee said low-cost European airlines have promised to begin operating flights to Armenia's capital city of Yerevan if the government lowers taxes on them, Eurasia.net said.
Qatar Airways chief commercial officer Dr Hugh Dunleavy, who travelled on board the inaugural flight with Armenia's ambassador to Qatar Gegham Gharibjanian, was greeted at the arrival gate by Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport deputy general manager Andranik Shkhyan.
Two excellent companies continue this folk tradition in present-day Yerevan: the State Dance Ensemble of Armenia (Bedakan Bari Ensemble), under the direction of former National Ballet star Vanoush Khanamirian; and the Song and Dance Ensemble (Yerki Bari Ensemble), founded and directed by renowned choreographer Tatul Altunian until his death in 1973.