OREANDA-NEWS. April 13, 2012. As of 17 April 2012, Ural Airlines introduce a new route - Saint Petersburg - Yerevan - Saint Petersburg. Flights on this route will be operated weekly on Tuesdays on a comfortable A321. Minimum fare will be 155 euro one way*. Tickets are available now at the airline's website www.uralairlines.ru and in ticket offices.

Reminder: Ural Airlines also operate weekly flights to the capital of Armenia from Ekaterinburg (Thursdays), Nizhni Novgorod (Tuesdays), and Samara (Mondays).

Yerevan is Armenia's key political, industrial, and tourist centre, and the Republic's biggest transportation hub. Yerevan is located at the foot of the magnificent Mount Ararat, and is believed to be one of the world's most ancient cities. To note but a few of its places of interest: ruins of Erebuni Fortress and Tsiranavor Church dating back to 588-597 A.D.; the Razdan River gorge with picturesque parks, lakes, and waterfalls; and, Matenadaran - the pride of Armenian culture, the world's richest ancient manuscript repository.