Large-scale construction is underway at Shirak airport in Gyumri
04.10.2019,
17:59
Large-scale construction work is underway at Shirak airport in Armenia's second-largest town of Gyumri.
YEREVAN, October 4. /ARKA/. Large-scale construction work is underway at Shirak airport in Armenia's second-largest town of Gyumri.
The press service of Armenia International Airports CJSC reported that a new arrival hall is being built, the airfield is being reconstructed, the soil surface is leveled and tightened. The volume of investments channeled into the modernization and technical re-equipment of the Shirak airport is about $5 million, it said.
Shirak airport in Gyumri has been operating since 1961 In 2007 the Armenia International Airports financed the repair of its runway (3,220 m long and 45 m wide), and a new Finnish-made IDMAN light alarm system was installed. Recently, the rescue and fire fighting service of the facility was equipped with the modern Striker-3000.
The Shirak airport as well as Armenia's international airport Zvartnots in the capital Yerevan are run by the Armenia International Airports in accordance with a 30-year concessional management agreement sealed with Armenian government. The company belongs to American International Airports, an Argentine company owned by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine entrepreneur of Armenian descent. -0---
The press service of Armenia International Airports CJSC reported that a new arrival hall is being built, the airfield is being reconstructed, the soil surface is leveled and tightened. The volume of investments channeled into the modernization and technical re-equipment of the Shirak airport is about $5 million, it said.
Shirak airport in Gyumri has been operating since 1961 In 2007 the Armenia International Airports financed the repair of its runway (3,220 m long and 45 m wide), and a new Finnish-made IDMAN light alarm system was installed. Recently, the rescue and fire fighting service of the facility was equipped with the modern Striker-3000.
The Shirak airport as well as Armenia's international airport Zvartnots in the capital Yerevan are run by the Armenia International Airports in accordance with a 30-year concessional management agreement sealed with Armenian government. The company belongs to American International Airports, an Argentine company owned by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine entrepreneur of Armenian descent. -0---
