Zvartnots Airport
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Zvartnots International Airport Զվարթնոց Միջազգային Օդակայան |
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Zvartnots International Airport
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| Airport type | International | ||||||||||
| Owner | General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia | ||||||||||
| Operator | Armenia International Airports CJSC | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yerevan | ||||||||||
| Location | Zvartnots, Armenia | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Armenia Aircompany | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | ft / 865 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°08′50″N 044°23′45″E / 40.14722°N 44.39583°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.zvartnots.aero | ||||||||||
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Soure: Armenian AIP at EUROCONTROL
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| Number of Passengers |
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Zvartnots International Airport (Armenian: Զվարթնոց Միջազգային Օդանավակայան Zvart'nots' Mijazgayin Odanavakayan) (IATA: EVN, ICAO: UDYZ) is located near Zvartnots, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It acts as the main international airport of Armenia and is Yerevan's main international transport hub. It is the busiest airport in Armenia and the third busiest of the Caucasus after Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku and Tbilisi International Airport in Tbilisi.
The airport was built in 1961. An open architectural design competition was held in 1970. The first prize was awarded to a design team that included architects M. Khachikyan, A. Tarkhanyan, S. Qalashyan, L. Cherkezyan, and structural engineer M. Baghdasaryan. Later the project was implemented with modifications to the original design with participation of designers H. Tigranyan, Arthur Meschian. The airport was renovated in the 1980s with the development of a new terminal area, in order to meet domestic traffic demands within the Soviet Union.
When Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the growth of cargo shipments resulted in the construction of a new cargo terminal in 1998 that can handle about 100,000 tonnes of cargo annually.
In 2001, a 30-year concession agreement for the management of operations at the airport was signed with Armenia International Airports CJSC, owned by Argentine company Corporation America, which is in turn owned by Armenian Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian. As part of that agreement, Armenia International Airports CJSC renovated and expanded the airport in order for it to serve tourism and commerce between Asia and Europe.
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