Stepanakert airport will be ready for operation in May 2011.

“The airport’s terminal is ready. Currently, the tower is being constructed,” the head of the department of civil aviation at the Artsakh government, Dmitry Atbashyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“The airport will be well equipped. Young specialists are being trained to take up duties by the opening date,” he said.

Earlier, Atbashyan said that flights will be at first operated to Yerevan. Further, flights to CIS countries, specifically to Russia, may be launched.