ArmInfo."I think we are ready to operate regular Yerevan-Kapan flights," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on August 17 at the Syunik regional administration before the start of the discussion of the 2022 report on the activities of the regional governor's office. It should be noted that Pashinyan flew from Yerevan to Kapan by plane, testing a new air route.
After getting acquainted with the conditions of the Syunik airport, the Prime Minister said at the meeting that a representative flight will be carried out on the occasion of Kapan Day on August 19.
, the head of the RA government noted.
On April 26 this year, at 10:00, a L-410 civil aircraft made a test flight from the Kapan's Syunik airport in the direction of Kapan-Yerevan-Kapan. As it was reported then, the Czech L410 aircraft belongs to the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) charity foundation. As stated in the statement of the ZCMC, the construction of the Syunik airport, the acquisition of property and aircraft, the costs of its maintenance were carried out and are currently being carried out at the expense of the Zangezur Copper- Molybdenum Combine.
At the same time, at the end of 2021, in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent, head of the Airport Certification and Air Traffic Management Department of the Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia David Sarukhanyan said that Kapan's Syunik Airport is completely ready for the flights. , he said. Sarukhanyan also said that at this stage it was decided to carry out domestic flights in the direction of Yerevan-Kapan-Yerevan by a 19-seat Czech-made aircraft (L-410 UVP- E20). When asked whether the use of larger aircraft is expected with an increase in demand for this flight, the head of the CAC department noted that it would be quite difficult, given the terrain of the area and the proximity to the border. In this context, he said that the airport has 2 parking lots for airplanes and 1 for a helicopter.
On November 11, 2021 the Armenian government decided to allocate 49.5 million drams for general operating expenses, taxes, wages of the Kapan's Syunik airport.
