Passenger traffic in Armenian airports grew 16.5% in SeptemberOctober 21, 2019 - 14:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The two Armenian airports served 324,755 people in September, up by 16.5% against the same period last year. An 18.8 % increase in passenger traffic was observed in Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport, which served 312,240 passengers against the 262,816 of the past September. Shirak Airport of Gyumri, meanwhile, served 12,515 passengers, down by 21.3% from last year's 15,904. Since the beginning of the year, 2,396,966 people used the services of the two airports of Armenia, up by 11.4% overall. 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. |