Ukraine hopes Armenia will not receive direct flights from the territory of the Crimea, Director of the Information Policy Department of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, Evgeniy Perebeinis, told Armenian First TV channel when commenting on the information about Simferopol-Yerevan direct flight.
He said that according to the decision of the government of Ukraine, all the airports of the Crimea, which are a part of Ukraine, including the airport of Simferopol, were closed for the air communication. So, any flight implemented from the airports of the Crimea, especially from the Simferopol airport, are illegal, and the company which implements such flights, breaks the law first of all, and International Civil Aviation Organization should apply sanctions to such a company.
At the same time, the Crimea's Transport Minister, Anatoliy Tsurkin, said that a direct flight Yerevan-Simferopol will be implemented on 17 November at 3:00 PM Yerevan time from Zvartnots airport. The first flight from Simferopol to Yerevan was implemented on 16 November. However, press-secretary of CAGD, Ruben Grdzelyan disproved this information. "CAGD does not revise an application for implementation of the direct flight Yerevan-Simferopol and back. There is not such a flight", - Grdzelyan said to Arminfo correspondent.
To note, a flight from Yerevan to Simferopol is implemented via Anapa. That is to say, there is Anapa-Yerevan flight and Yerevan -Anapa, and in Anapa passengers, that fly to Simferopol, use Anapa-Simferopol flight. However, representatives of "Grozny avia" air company did not prove this fact and said about availability of the direct air communication between Yerevan and Simferopol.