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AIR: Armenian Airlines (R3) (website: www.armenianairlines.com) operates weekly flights linking Yerevan with Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt/M, Athens, Beirut and Tehran and twice weekly flights to Fujairah, UAE. Lack of demand, unreliable fuel supplies and an uneconomic fare structure has resulted in greatly reduced services to other CIS republics. British Mediterranean (a franchise partner of British Airways) operates three flights per week from London to Yerevan. Aeroflot and Armenian Airlines operate flights to Yerevan from Moscow; these are often subject to delays and cancellations. For political reasons there are no direct international transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan; Georgia is sometimes used as a stopover point.
International airports: Zvartnots (EVN) 10km (6 miles) from Yerevan. Buses and taxis are available to the city centre. Buses run every 15 minutes between 0700-2100 (travel time – 30 minutes).
Departure tax: US$20 per person (usually payable in local currency). Although this is normally paid at the airport, visitors staying in the large hotels may sometimes pay at their hotel, and present the receipt at the airport check-in desk.
RAIL: Armenia’s rail links to Azerbaijan and Turkey have been closed indefinitely but international lines do run to Georgia and Iran. Passengers travelling to Georgia should be aware of the possibility of theft or robbery.
ROAD: A road link between Armenia and Iran, the Kajaran highway, has become the most important international road link. A road linking Yerevan to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has a bad reputation for highway robbery, although efforts by the Georgian authorities to enforce law and order are reported to be paying off. There are no road crossings into Turkey. It is possible to travel by road to the enclave of Nagorno Karabakh, however, it is essential to obtain a visa from the permanent representative of Nagorno Karabakh in Yerevan.
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