SHIRAK TO BECOME FIRST-CATEGORY AIRPORT
Noyan Tapan
Jan 17 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Gyumri’s Shirak Airport will be
given first category as a result of work to be done at the airport this
year. Now it h as no category. NT correspondent was informed from the
RA Civil Aviation Main Department that about 4 million dollars will
be invested in Shirak Airport from various sources of financing. Last
year the Armenian government already allocated 67 mln 500 thousand
drams (about 184 thousand USD) from its reserve fund for development
of design estimates of the airport’s repairs.
The program of Shirak Airport development was worked out by the RA
Civil Aviation Main Department two years ago and includes capital
repair of the runway and installation of new equipment.
The airport was put into operation in 1961. It can service TU-154,
IL-76 and other planes of this type. The airport currently operates
regular flights to Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi.