Zvartnots airport passenger traffic grew by 12% in 2016January 13, 2017 - 14:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The passenger traffic at Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport soared by 12% in 2016 as compared to the previous year. In all the Armenian airports, the traffic grew by 10.4% in January-December 2016, up by around 200.000 passengers overall. According to the General Department of Civil Aviation, 2.105.540 passengers have used the services of the airport in the reporting period. In 2016, 18.269 tons of cargo has been transported, up by 80.4% against 2015. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |