ArmInfo. Passenger flow of Armenian airports exceeded 225 thousand people in Jan-Feb 2016, Spokesperson of the Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia Ruben Grdzelian wrote on his Facebook page noting that such indicators have been registered for the first time since Armenia got independent.
According to him, the growth of passenger flow is caused by the low costs of the tickets. "A lot of Georgians use services of Zvartnots airport as the routes to many directions are cheaper from Armenia than from Georgia", Grdzelian wrote. At the same time the Spokesperson of the Chief Civil Aviation Department informed those, who want to spend holidays in Egypt. "If you want to fly to Egypt go to Georgia, there are no flights to Egypt from Armenia", he wrote.
Meanwhile, the simple comparison of prices for tickets from Zvartnots and Tbilisi airport shows that the flights from Georgia are more beneficial especially towards popular European directions. According to the market observers, this is caused by presence of European low casters in Georgia, as well as strong positions of Turkish Airlines Company, which ensures comfortable and cheap connections in the airports of Istanbul and Ankara.
By the simplest estimations if the tickets from Moscow to Yerevan cost around 5 thousand Rubles and from Saint Petersburg -6 thousand Rubles, the price for ticket from Yerevan totals 7 thousand and 8 thousand Russian Rubles respectively.
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