ArmInfo.This January, the cargo traffic totaled 1.110 thousand tons - a 17.5% increase against an 0.7% decline last year.
According to the RA Statistical Committee, railroad freight activity recorded a 4% decline, down to 216.5 thousand tons. Airfreight reached 13.5 thousand tons - a 0.7% increase. Motor trucking recorded a 32.4% year-on-year growth, up to 627.1 thousand tons. Cargo transportation by air totaled 1,000 tons (a 25% increase). A total of 265.4 thousand tons of natural gas were supplied through the gas main - an 8.5% year- on-year increase.
During the period under review, passenger traffic showed a 54.7% increase (against a 56.5% decrease the previous period) (9,282.6 thousand passengers). Specifically, the air passenger traffic showed a 3.3-fold increase (up to 213,700 passengers). Motor passenger transportation showed a 55.2% increase - up to 7,348.8 thousand passengers. The railway passenger transportation recorded a 31.6%, up to 32,500 passengers. Passenger traffic by electrically-driven transport reached 1,687.2 thousand passengers (a 43.1% increase).
This January, the freight turnover reached 562.3mln tonne-kilometres (a 15.6% year-on-year increase), with the passenger traffic reaching 153.3mln passenger-kilometers - a 90.2% increase.
