ArmInfo. The flow of passengers through two Armenian airports - Zvartnots in Yerevan and Shirak in Gyumri - increased by 22.7% over the 10 months of 2017. This is evidenced by the data of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, given to ArmInfo.
For the given period, the source notes, 2.154.092 passengers were transported. In this case, only in October this year. The services of both airports were used by 231.909 people, which is 12.5% higher than the same period of 2016. In October 2017, the passenger traffic through the Yerevan Zvartnots airport was 220,726, which is 7.4% higher than the previous year's figure. In January-October 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, the flow of passengers through the capital airport increased by 18.8%.
Also increased through the airport "Zvartnots" and the volume of freight traffic, which for the reporting period amounted to 18910 tons of cargo, which is 42.2% higher than the same indicators in 2016.
In October 2017, 11 183 passengers used the services of Gyumri airport "Shirak" against 624 passengers for the same period of 2016. In January-October 2017, 77072 people were transported through the airport "Shirak" against 7689 people a year earlier. The number of flights and landings at both airports over the reporting period grew by 19.2%.
