Monday, August 6 2018 17:11
Alina Hovhannisyan

In Jan-July passenger traffic at Armenian airports increased by 11%   y-o-y 

In Jan-July passenger traffic at Armenian airports increased by 11%   y-o-y 

ArmInfo.In January-July 2018 passenger traffic in Armenian airports increased by 11% to 1,525,537 people. According to the press service of the General Department of  Civil Aviation, in July alone Armenian airports served 318 585 people, which is by 13.8% more than the indicator of the previous year.

The passenger traffic at the Zvartnots airport increased by 7.7%  year-over-year in January-July to 1,431,555 people and in July alone  amounted to 300,687 people with a year-over-year growth of 11.1%.   Cargo transportation at Zvartnots Airport decreased by 25.4% to 9,478  tons during the reporting period.  The passenger traffic at the  Shirak airport was 93 986 people in January-July with a  year-over-year growth by 2.1-fold. In July Gyumri Airport received  17898 people, exceeding almost 2 -fold the indicator of the previous  year.

According to the source, in the reported period 11.3% y-o-y increase  in embarkings and take offs was registered at the "Zvartnots" and  "Shirak"  airports.