Armenia’s two airports saw a strong growth in passenger numbers in the first eight months of 2018, compared to the data of 2017.
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport and Shirak Airport in the second largest city of Gyumri handled 1,872,998 passengers from January to August this year, up by 12.3% from the same period last year, the Armenia International Airports CJSC told Panorama.am.
In August alone, a total of 347,492 people used the services of the two airports, 18.5% higher than a year ago.
Zvartnots Airport served a record number of 329,665 passengers in August of the running year, the company said.
The airport registered another record on August 1 welcoming 11,337 passengers.
Meanwhile, in January-August 2018, the total number of takeoffs and landings in both airports also saw a rise of 11% compared to the same period of 2017.
