PASSENGER TRAFFIC AT ARMENIA’S ZVARTNOTS AND SHIRAK AIRPORTS EXCEEDS 1.9 MILLION IN JANUARY-NOVEMBER
YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. The two Armenian international airports,
Zvartnots and Shirak, provided services to a total of 1 million
931,554 passengers in January-November this year, 332,376 passengers
more than in the same period of 2013, the press office of Armenia’s
chief aviation department reports.
It is a 20.8% year-on-year increase. In the period, departures rose to
976,708, as compared to 803,523 in January-November 2013. Arrivals were
954,846 (795,652 in 2013). This means, departures outnumbered arrivals
by 21,862 in the eleven months (39,910 in January-November 2013).
The share of departures in overall traffic was 50.6%, which is well
comparable to the respective level of 2013 (50.2%).
Freight traffic through civil airports rose by 3% to 9,478 ton,
and number of operations (takeoffs and landings) hiked by 17.3%
to 9,739 in the period. -0–
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