ArmInfo. Freight traffic in Armenia in January-November 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, increased by 1.9% - to 13 523.7 thousand tons (against a 50.7% decline a year earlier). This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee. According to statistics, of the total volume, 65.9% or 8 921.3 thousand tons falls on road transport, which is 2.5% more than a year ago.
According to the source, during the reporting period, rail freight traffic increased by 0.9% - to 2,997.5 thousand tons. And air traffic, on the contrary, decreased by 21.4% - to 14.7 thousand tons. The main pipeline supplied 1,632 thousand tons of natural gas, which is 0.9% more than a year ago. Freight turnover decreased by 1.8% - to 4166.1 million tonne-km.
Passenger traffic for the reporting period decreased by 63.4% - to 64 964.1 thousand people. (against 4.3% growth a year earlier). In particular, road transportation decreased by 65.8% - to 51456.2 thousand people, rail transportation - by 30.5% to 278.1 thousand people, air - by 75.6% to 813.1 thousand people. The carriage of passengers by electric transport decreased by 46.8% - to 12,416.7 thousand people. Passenger traffic decreased by 67.5% to 820.1 million passenger-km.
