The reconstruction of apron of Gyumri airport "Shirak" will be directed to 1.5 billion AMD

ArmInfo. "Armenia"  International Airports" CJSCwill totally renew the apron of Gyumri  airport.

According to the source, the apron of the airport has a surface of  about 22.000 sqm and has not been renovated since 1986. The apron  will be brought to all the international standards and will become an  additional stimulus for attracting new air companies.

The company plans to invest about AMD 1.5 billion for the renovation  which will enable to renovate 17.000 sqm  area before 2020.   

Under the apron is the area reserved for parking the aircraft.

Earlier, ArmInfo informed that the company "International Airports of  Armenia", managing Shirak, intends to invest $ 10 million to improve  the airport infrastructure, $ 3 million of which will be invested in  2018.  Also works are being carried out to involve new budget air  carriers, for this purpose, low tariffs for the provision of services  have been established at the airport, and some are free of charge.  Since December 15 last year, low-cost Russian airline "Pobeda"  (loukoster Aeproflot) began to operate flights on the route  Gyumri-Moscow.