  Passenger turnover grew by 46% at SCRWJune 4, 2009 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Passenger turnover grew by 46% at South Caucasian Railways CJSC, SCRW Director General Shevket Shaydulin told a news conference today. According to him "automobile transportations comprise 90% of passenger turnover in Armenia, nevertheless, within the last months, SCRW transported 272 000 passengers, 97% are local transits. 991 000 tons of cargo has been transported over the same period." "Due to tariff policy adopted and suburban traffic organization, the company growth comprised 46%. This allowed us to increase our employees salaries by 23,4%," Shaydulin noted.   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 |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.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. |
