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Armenia’s two airports saw a strong increase in passenger numbers in the first half of 2018, compared to the data of 2017.

Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport and Shirak Airport in the second largest city of Gyumri handled 1,206,952 passengers from January to June 2018, up by 10.3% from the same period last year, the press service of Armenia’s General Department of Civil Aviation (GDCA) told Panorama.am.

The figures show that a total of 251,476 people used the services of the two airports in June alone, 14.8% higher than a year ago.

In June 2018, the passenger traffic through Zvartnots Airport accounted for 234,738 people – an increase of 11.1% over the same month in 2017, while the passenger flow grew by 6.8% in the first half of the ongoing year.

A total of 7,980 tons of cargo were transported through Zvartnots Airport in January-June 2018, down from 10,912 tons of the same period last year.

In June 2018, the passenger traffic through Shirak Airport rose to 16,738 people from 7,744 in the same month last year. The airport served 76,088 passengers from January to June this year, while some 35,173 people used its services in the same period of 2017.

Meanwhile, the total number of flights and landings of both airports in January-June 2018 also recorded a rise of 11.3% compared to the numbers of 2017.