YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Civial Aviation Main Department (CAMD) must take appropriate steps to regulate relations with the aviation fuel filling services at Zvartnots Airport. The RA State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition made this decision at the December 19 sitting, taking into account several cases of aviation fuel lack this year. According to the commission, Zvartnots' manager - the company Armenia International Airports (AIA) is obliged to carry out and guarantee natural and constant provision of aviation services. However, the company's lawyer Armen Ter-Tachatian said that by the concessional agreement signed with the Armenian government, the company does not bear responsibility for lack of fuel. For this reason the commission assigned the RA CAMD to apply to the Armenian government with a proposal to make respective amendments in the concessional agreement. In the words of the Commission Chairman Ashot Shahnazarian, the story about aviation fuel lack is a "myth", and all this is done to protect the importer's interests. Otherwise, according to him, Armenian International Airports would announce an ninternational tender for purchase of fuel from other companies, which has not been done so far.

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