Zvartnots Airport serviced over 1,6 million passengers in 2011 February 1, 2012 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of passengers at Zvartnots Airport in January - December 2011 totaled 1 600 891 against 1 612 016 during the same period in 2010. According to the Central Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, 792 944 people arrived in the country in January - December 2011 against 795 159 during the same period in 2010. 807 947 people left Armenia during the reporting period against 816 866 in that of 2010. About 10 014 tons of cargo was transported in January - December 2011 against 8 802 tons during the same period of 2010. The total number of takeoffs and landings in the reporting period reached 9 858 against 9 781 during 2010. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | 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. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |