The high ranking officials in major prefer travel to the foreign countries by business class flight, which re more expensive than the “economy” class tickets. Iravaban.net website repeatedly has referred to this issue.
This time, we studied the agreements of the ministers signed with the air service agencies we revealed that for example the Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan prefers trips by “economy” class airline tickets, although she like her other colleagues is free in choice and can order more expensive business class tickets.
For example in 9-11 November 2015, she was on a business trip to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London).
The purpose was to study the experience of probation service the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to meet with the officials of that country.
The inviting side covered all expenses. There is no information in the relevant decision of the Government whether the minister traveled by economy or business class ticket. But we made an inquiry to the Ministry of Justice and Lusine Martirosyan, the Head of Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry informed that the Minister traveled by the economy class.
In addition, recently the RA Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan had a meeting with her Bulgarian Counterpart Yekaterina Zakharova in Sofia. The trip to Bulgaria was realized by economy class as well.
Thus, during this period the Minister had one trip to France, one to Britain and one to Bulgaria, and in all cases she preferred the flights by economy class. We also learned from the Prime Ministers’s decree that Arepine Hovhannisyan had left to Quiet, and in the nearest future she will be on a business trip to France as well. All these flight will be by economy class.
