ARMENIA’S CIVIL AVIATION GENERAL DEPARTMENT: THE PASSENGER FLOW THROUGH THE AIR GATES OF ARMENIA GREW BY 18,5% IN 2014

by Alexandr Avanesov

ARMINFO
Tuesday, January 13, 14:08

In 2014 the international airports Zvartnots and Shirak provided
services to 2 million 82 thsd passengers – by 324,5 passengers more
than in 2013. So, the passenger flow through the air gates of Armenia
grew by 18,5% in 2014, press-service of Armenian Civil Aviation
General Department (CAGD) reported.

The number of the departed passengers for the reported period
amounted to 1 million 40 thsd, and of the arrived ones – 1 million
42 thsd. In 2014 the departure/arrival favorable balance was about
3 thousand people.

In 2014 the volume of international cargo traffic through the
Armenian airports was 10,4 thsd tons – similar to the volume of the
cargo traffic in 2013, and the number of the flying off/landing grew
by 18,5% – up to 10 553.

To note, it was for the first time over the years of independence
of Armenia that in 2014 the passenger flow through the international
airports of the republic was more than 2 million people.