Passenger traffic in Armenian airports grows 2%May 10, 2019 - 11:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In April 2019, the two airports of Armenia served 217,030 people in total, up by 2% against the same period last year. Zvartnots airport in Yerevan served 205,419 passengers against 200,707 of the past April, while Shirak airport in Gyumri served 11,611 passengers against 12,070 in April last year. Since the beginning of the year, passenger traffic in the two Armenian airports totaled 795,605 people, up by 7.8 % year-on-year. In January-April 2019, Zvartnots and Shirak airports saw an increase of 2.6% in the number of takeoffs and landings. 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 | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |