Armenian airports see 30.5 increase in passenger flow for first five months of 2017
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport and Shirak Airport in Gyumri welcomed increased number of passengers in January-May 2017 to compare with the data of the indicated period of the previous year. As Panorama.am learnt from the General Department of Civil Aviation, the both airports served 875,011 passengers for the three months of the current year, which is 30.5 % increase compared with January-May 2016 data.
In May 2017, the passenger flow at Zvartnots Airport accounted for 198,182 passengers, which is 34,5% increase over the data of the previous year.
The published data also show that 9,341tons of cargo has been transported through Zvartnots Airport during the first five months of 2017, which is 81.5 percent increase over the volume transported in January-May 2016.
Meanwhile, the total number of flights and landings of the both airports in January-May 2017 has also registered increase accounting for 23,7% to compare with the numbers of the previous year.