Head of the Committee: Services of Yerevan Zvartnots airport are  cheaper in the daytime than in the night

ArmInfo. The services of the Yerevan Zvartnots airport are cheaper in the daytime than at night. On December 3, Tatevik Revazyan, Chairwoman of the Civil  Aviation Committee of the Republic of Armenia stated this from the  rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia,  responding to the corresponding remark of the deputies of the  Armenian parliament.  

As the head of the Committee noted, the airport  is making efforts to service liners in the daytime, but the lack of  transit facilities at this time of the day is holding back the  airline. For them, as Tatevik Revazyan noted, it is more profitable  to carry out transit flights than direct flights.

Earlier, ArmInfo reported that the International Airports of Armenia  company will invest $ 38.2 million in the modernization of Zvartnots  airports in Yerevan and Shirak in Gyumri. According to the master  plan of the concessionaire represented by Argentina Corporation  Corporation, due to projected growth the passenger flow will require  investments to expand the runway, equip additional aircraft hangars,  upgrade the apron cover, and modernize the lighting systems. In  particular, the length of the runway will be increased to 2850  meters, and the width - up to 45 meters. It is also planned to lay 12  km of fiber-optic communication cables and install the latest video  surveillance systems. It is planned to modernize the apron at the  Shirak airport, a part of the airfield for receiving aircraft with a  higher carrying capacity, which will allow for takeoffs and landings  by Boeing and Airbus class aircraft. In total, an area of 22 thousand  square meters is to be modernized.

Recall that in December 2001, the Armenian government signed with the  Argentine company, Corporation America, owned by Eduardo Ernekyan, on  concession management of Zvartnots airport for a period of 30 years.  Later, a similar agreement was signed with regard to the Shirak  airport. As of today, the total investment in the modernization of  two airports has exceeded $ 160 million.