Passenger traffic in Armenia’s Shirak airport up by 267%April 5, 2017 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In Shirak airport in the northern Armenian town of Gyumri, passenger traffic soared by 266,8% in January-March 2017 against the same period the year before. The traffic at Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport grew by 21,2% in the first three months of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. According to the General Department of Civil Aviation, 168,741 passengers have used the services of the Yerevan airport in the reporting period. In January-March 2017, 4 894 tons of cargo has been transported at Zvartnots, up by 78.6 % against 2016. Passenger traffic in two Armenian airports grew by 23.6% in the reporting period against 2016. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |