OREANDA-NEWS. February 19, 2010. Armavia air company has been granted an IATA certificate in the framework of the Operational Safety Audit program (IOSA), reported the press-centre of Armavia.

The certificate has confirmed the safety of Armavia's services and the company's commitment to ensure high safety standards, President of Armavia Mikhail Bagdassarov said during the certification ceremony.

During the audit IATA experts inspected Armavia's activities in line with over 900 IOSA standards covering such fields as aviation security, cargo operations, flight control. IOSA certificate is an obligatory prerequisite for IATA membership and is a kind of pass into the world's biggest aviation alliances, an opportunity to develop cooperation in the framework of codeshare and interline agreements.