Thursday, April 5 2018 17:29
Alina Hovhannisyan

In the first quarter of 2018, passenger traffic at Armenian airports grew by 9.3% per annum

In the first quarter of 2018, passenger traffic at Armenian airports  grew by 9.3% per annum

ArmInfo.  The passenger traffic  at the Armenian airports in Jan- March amounted to 525,079 people,  which is 9.3% more than the figure for the previous year. According  to the press service of GDCA, only in March the passenger traffic  reached 186 743 people, with an annual growth of 9.5%.

According to the source, passenger traffic at Zvartnots Airport  increased by 5.8% per annum to 493,124 people in the first quarter,  but only in March amounted to 175,603. with annual growth of 6.1%.  Cargo transportation of the airport "Zvartnots" decreased in the I  quarter by 29.7% per annum - up to 3 439 tons.

The passenger traffic of the Shirak airport was 31 955 people in the  first quarter. with an annual growth of 2.4 times. In March, the  Gyumri airport received 11,138 people, which is 2.3 times more than  the figure of a year ago.

The number of takeoffs and landings at Armenian airports increased in  the first quarter by 10.5% per annum.