Passenger traffic at Armenian airports grows strongly in October this year
Armenia’s two airports saw a strong growth in passenger numbers in October 2018 from the same month last year, according to the latest statistics.
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport and Shirak Airport in the second largest city of Gyumri handled 264,924 passengers in October 2018, 14.2% higher from the same period last year, the Armenia International Airports CJSC told Panorama.am.
Zvartnots Airport served 249,857 passengers in October of the running year, up by 13% compared to October 2017, when 220,726 people used the airport services.
In October, the passenger traffic through Shirak Airport accounted for 15,067 people, showing a record growth of 35% from October last year, when the traffic stood at 11,183 people.
A total of 2,416,643 have used the services of the two Armenian airports since early 2018, 12.2% higher than a year ago.
Meanwhile, in January-October 2018, the total number of takeoffs and landings in both airports also saw a rise of 9.8% compared to the same period of 2017.