Armenia’s two airports saw a significant increase in passenger numbers in the first seven months of 2018, compared to the data of 2017.
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport and Shirak Airport in the second largest city of Gyumri handled 1,525,537 passengers from January to July 2018, up by 11% 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 318,585 people used the services of the two airports in July alone, 13.8% higher than a year ago.
In July 2018, the passenger traffic through Zvartnots Airport accounted for 300,687 people – an increase of 11.1% over the same month in 2017, while the passenger flow through the airport grew by 7.7% within the first seven months of this year.
A total of 9,478 tons of cargo were transported through Zvartnots Airport in January-July 2018, down from 12,708 tons of the same period last year.
In July 2018, the passenger numbers of Shirak Airport soared to 17,898 from 9,098 people of the same month last year. The airport served 93,986 passengers from January to July this year, while some 44,271 people used its services in the same period of 2017.
Meanwhile, the total number of flights and landings of both airports in January-July 2018 also recorded a rise of 11% compared to the numbers of 2017.
