ArmInfo. Steps are being taken to develop small aircraft in Armenia, the press service of the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies of the Republic of Armenia reports.
According to the source, in order to study the prospects for the development of small aircraft, Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Armen Arzumanyan, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia Tatevik Revazyan visited the airports of Kapan, Jermuk, Goris and Gyumri. At the airport "Shirak" in Gyumri, the infrastructure of the facility, the conditions for servicing the passengers, and the construction work were presented to the Deputy Minister. Those responsible for the sector also acquainted with the process of services provided by the Russian low-coster "Pobeda", which is carrying out the Gyumri-Moscow flight.
Earlier, ArmInfo informed that the company "International Airports of Armenia", managing "Shirak", with the aim of improving the infrastructure of the airport intends to invest $ 10 million in the airport, $ 3 million of which will be invested already in 2018. Also work is carried out on the involvement of new budget air carriers, for this purpose, low tariffs for services have been established at the airport, and some are even free of charge.
To note since December 15 last year, the low-cost Russian airline "Pobeda" (low-coster of Aeroflot) began to operate flights on the Gyumri-Moscow route.
To recall, last September, the beginning of construction of a passenger terminal of the Kapan airport in the southeast of Armenia was officially announced. In July, activities began on leveling the site and reconstructing the runway. The total budget of the project is about $ 2 million. There were about 26 airports and airfields in Soviet Armenia in the late 1980-ies of the last century.
