Zvartnots Airport sees increase in passenger flow for 2016
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport welcomed increased number of passengers in 2016 to compare with the date of 2015.As Panorama.am learnt from the General Department of Civil Aviation, the airport served 2,105,540 passengers in 2016 over 1,879,667 passengers - during the previous year.
According to the source, over the indicated period 1,057,387 people arrived in Armenia against 935,294 in the year of 2015.Over the period of January-December, 2016, 1,048,153 departed from Armenia which is an increase by 103,780 to compare with 2015 data. The published data also show that 18,269 tons of cargo has been transported through Zvartnots Airport during 2016, over 10,123 in 2015.The total number of flights and landings in 2016 accounted for 9,266 over 9, 266 of the previous year.To note, over the mentioned period incoming passengers accounted for 5,828 people in Armenia through Gyumri’s Shirak airport, while 6,593 departed from the country’s seconf airport.