YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS: Argentina’s Aeropuertos Argentina that was granted the right to lease Armenia’s main airport Zvartnots in 2001 for several decades took today a group of local journalists to the airport to show the arrival section of its new international terminal.. The arrival terminal will handle the first flight that will arrive from the southern Russian Mineralny Vodi on September 14.
Juan Pablo Gechigjian, the chief manager of the airport, told journalists that out of $63 million investment earmarked for the construction of the new terminal $35 million were spent on building the arrival section, which he said is furnished with the most advanced equipment. He said the departure section will be ready to process passengers only in 2007 May.
The state-of-the art terminal makes Zvartnots airport number one airport in the South Caucasus.
Juan Pablo Gechigjian said the arrival section is capable to process around 1000 passengers an hour, twice more than the old one. According to him, when accomplished the new terminal will be able to handle some 2 million passengers a year, significantly up from 1,1 million now. He said the new terminal has an advanced security system.
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