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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |