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Alexandr Avanesov

11.9% growth in passenger traffic recorded in Armenia in 2018 

11.9% growth in passenger traffic recorded in Armenia in 2018 

ArmInfo. In 2018, a11.9% increase in passenger traffic was recorded in Armenia, the press service of "International Airports of Armenia" CJSC informs.   According to the source, last year 2 million 856 thousand 673  passengers used the services of two airports in the country - Yerevan  "Zvartnots" and Gyumri "Shirak", which is 11.95% more than in 2017. 

At the same time, passenger traffic through the Zvartnots airport  grew by 10%. If in 2017, 2,448,251 passengers traveled through the  country's main airport, then a year later this figure increased to  2,690,727 passengers.  In 2018, the growth of passenger traffic  through the Shirak airport was 57%. Last year, Gyumri airport  services were used by 165 thousand 946 people against 105 thousand  664 passengers a year earlier. In addition, in January-December 2018,  the number of take-offs increased by 9.8%.