Armenian airports handled about 1.7 million passengers in 8 months
05.09.2017,
15:24
Armenia’s Zvartnots airport in the capital Yerevan and Shirak airport in the second-largest town of Gyumri handled 1,667,173 passengers in the first eight months of 2017, up 25.4% from the year before, the Main Civil Aviation Department said.
YEREVAN, September 5. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Zvartnots airport in the capital Yerevan and Shirak airport in the second-largest town of Gyumri handled 1,667,173 passengers in the first eight months of 2017, up 25.4% from the year before, the Main Civil Aviation Department said.
It said in August alone, the passenger traffic through two Armenian airports was 293,317 people, exceeding the same indicator for 2016 August by 14.9%. Zvartnots airport is said to have handled 281,345 people in 2017 August, which is 10.2% more than in the same month last year. When compared to the first eight months of 2016 the passenger traffic through Zvartnots airport was up 21.9%.
Cargo transportation through Zvartnots in the first eight months of 2017 amounted to 14,985 metric tons, which is 54% more than the same indicator in 2016. The agency said also that the passenger traffic through the Shirak airport in August 2017 amounted to 11,972 people. In the first eight months of 2017 it handled 56,243 people, against 7,065 people for the same period last year.
The number of take-offs and landings at Zvartnots and Shirak airports in the first eight months of 2017 increased by 22.1% when compared to the same period in 2016.
Armenia has two operating airports – Zvartnots in Yerevan and Shirak in Gyumri, both run by Armenia - International Airports company in accordance with the 30-year concession management agreement signed with the Armenian government in 2001. Armenia - International Airports is owned by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine entrepreneur of Armenian descent. --0---
It said in August alone, the passenger traffic through two Armenian airports was 293,317 people, exceeding the same indicator for 2016 August by 14.9%. Zvartnots airport is said to have handled 281,345 people in 2017 August, which is 10.2% more than in the same month last year. When compared to the first eight months of 2016 the passenger traffic through Zvartnots airport was up 21.9%.
Cargo transportation through Zvartnots in the first eight months of 2017 amounted to 14,985 metric tons, which is 54% more than the same indicator in 2016. The agency said also that the passenger traffic through the Shirak airport in August 2017 amounted to 11,972 people. In the first eight months of 2017 it handled 56,243 people, against 7,065 people for the same period last year.
The number of take-offs and landings at Zvartnots and Shirak airports in the first eight months of 2017 increased by 22.1% when compared to the same period in 2016.
Armenia has two operating airports – Zvartnots in Yerevan and Shirak in Gyumri, both run by Armenia - International Airports company in accordance with the 30-year concession management agreement signed with the Armenian government in 2001. Armenia - International Airports is owned by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine entrepreneur of Armenian descent. --0---
