Armenia

A multilateral air service agreement between EU and the EU Member States on the one hand, and Armenia on the other, was signed on 15 November 2021 and is administratively applied since 1 January 2023.  This means that eventhough the agreement has not entered into force, it is applied. The agreement replaces the bilateral agreements between Armenia and EU's Member States. 

The agreement contains transitional arrangements.

Designation 

Multiple designation applies.

Traffic rights

For carriers of EU:

Any point in EU - intermediate points in the territories of European Neighbourhood Policy partners*, ECAA**, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland - points in Armenia - points beyond. 

During the transitional period, no fifth freedom traffic rights may be exercised by the carriers of the parties, except if such rights exists under bilateral agreements between Armenia and a Member State.

*European Neighbourhood Policy partners are Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Marocco, Syria, Palestine, Tunisia and Ukraine. 

**ECAA countries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Makedonia, Serbia and Kosovo

Capacity provisions etc.

Carriers may determine the frequency and capacity of the international air transport that they offer based on commercial considerations in the marketplace. Neither Party shall unilaterally limit the volume of traffic, frequency or regularity of service, routing, origin or destination of traffic, or the aircraft type or types operated by the air carriers of the other Party, except for cutoms, technical, operational, air traffic management safety, environmental or health protection reasons. 

Wet-lease (leasing of aircraft with crew) is allowed when exercising the rights under the agreement, both with carriers from the Parties and with carriers from third countries.

Code share arrangements are allowed, also with carriers from third countries. 

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