New airport in Armenia's south to open in 2018September 13, 2017 - 13:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new airport in the southern Armenian town of Kapan will start operations in 2018, advisor to the governor of Syunik province Sahak Hakobyan told PanARMENIAN.Net "As part of the re-launch of Syunik airport, the construction of the new building for the air harbor has started,"Hakobyan said. "The building will cover an area of 900 square meters. The airport is envisaged to serve 100 people per hour and will comply with all safety standards." Hakobyan said the navigational center will operate in the same building. "We plan to complete the construction work by the end of the first half of 2018 and open the airport shortly afterwards," the advisor added. Currently, two airports -Zvartnots in Yerevan and Shirak in Gyumri - operate regular flights in Armenia Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |