Zvartnots International Airport

Zvartnots International Airport
Զվարթնոց Միջազգային Oդանավակայան
Zvartnots International Airport
Summary
Airport type International
Owner General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia
Operator Armenia International Airports CJSC
Serves Yerevan
Location Yerevan, Armenia
Hub for Armenia Aircompany
Elevation AMSL 2,838 ft / 865 m
Coordinates 40°08′50″N 044°23′45″E / 40.14722°N 44.39583°E / 40.14722; 44.39583
Website www.zvartnots.aero
Map
EVN
Location of airport in Armenia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,850 12,631 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2017)
Number of Passengers Increase 2,448,250
Soure: Armenian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Zvartnots International Airport (Armenian: Զվարթնոց միջազգային օդանավակայան), (IATA: EVN, ICAO: UDYZ) is located near Zvartnots, 15 km (9.3 mi) west[1] 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 the country.

History

A view of the old terminal on the left (no longer in use) and the new arrivals hall on the right in 2007

The airport was opened in 1961,[2] and following a design competition held in 1970, M. Khachikyan, A. Tarkhanyan, S. Qalashyan, L. Cherkezyan and M. Baghdasaryan won the right to design the first terminal building. 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.[3] 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 Corporación America, which is in turn owned by Armenian Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian. As part of that agreement, Armenia International Airports CJSC renovated the runway, main taxiways and ramp. In 2006, a new gate area and arrivals hall opened, followed by an overall improvement of the airport's fire services, including replacing the entire fire-fighting fleet with new vehicles. A new departures and arrivals terminal, car-parking facility with a capacity of 600 vehicles and a government delegation terminal all opened in 2011. On 30 January 2013, Zvartnots airport was named "Best Airport In The CIS" during the Emerging Markets Airports Award (EMAA) ceremonies held in Dubai, UAE.[4]

Overview

The airport is able to accept aircraft up to and including the Antonov An-225, Boeing 747-400 and Airbus A380.[3][5][6] Runway 09 is equipped with an ILS CAT II, which enables aircraft operations in low ceiling (30 meters) and visibility (350 metres).[7]

Check-in hall
Departures hall and gates

Zvartnots International Airport recently implemented a new flight information display system (FIDS), a new automated and biometric-identification system for baggage check-in and passenger control, as well as the installation of 150 surveillance cameras across airport premises. The access to the boarding area is highly secured with 3 steps, a pre-control, a passport control, and X-ray control. The airport feature a Dufry duty-free shop after security, as well as the Converse Bank business class lounge, with a view overlooking the gate area and apron

Airlines and Destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Athens
Seasonal: Heraklion, Rhodes, Thessaloniki
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Air Arabia Sharjah
Air Cairo Sharm El Sheikh
Seasonal: Hurghada
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
AMC Airlines Seasonal: Hurghada,[8] Sharm El Sheikh[8]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Armenia Aircompany Baghdad, Beirut, Erbil, Lyon, Mineralnye Vody, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Voronezh[9]
Seasonal charter: Araxos, Barcelona, Heraklion, Kos, Larnaca, Nice, Rhodes, Rimini, Sulaimaniyah, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Varna, Venice [10]
AtlasGlobal Istanbul–Atatürk
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Azimuth Krasnodar,[11] Rostov-on-Don,[12][11] Stavropol[11]
Belavia Minsk
Brussels Airlines Brussels[13]
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter: Varna
Bulgarian Air Charter Seasonal charter: Burgas[10]
Cham Wings Airlines Damascus[14]
Czech Airlines Seasonal: Prague
EgyptAir Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh[15]
flydubai Dubai–International
FlyEgypt Seasonal charter: Hurghada[10], Sharm El Sheikh
Georgian Airways Tbilisi
Germania Berlin-Tegel
Iran Aseman Airlines Seasonal: Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Kish Air Seasonal: Tehran-Imam Khomeini
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin[16]
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Nordwind Airlines Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[17] Sochi
Qatar Airways Doha
Red Wings Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo[18]
S7 AirlinesMoscow–Domodedovo, Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines Astana
TAROM Bucharest (begins 3 April 2019)[19]
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat, Frankfurt
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil
Seasonal: Odessa
Ural Airlines Anapa (begins 29 October 2018),[20] Krasnodar, Moscow–Domodedovo, Rostov-on-Don–Platov, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Sochi, Yekaterinburg
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo[21]
Seasonal: Surgut [22]

Traffic and statistics

Year 2005[23] 2006[24] 2007[24] 2008[25] 2009[26] 2010[26] 2011[27] 2012[28] 2013[29] 2014[29] 2015[30] 2016[31] 2017
Total passenger traffic 1,111,400 1,125,698 1,387,002 1,480,000 1,447,397 1,612,016 1,600,891 1,691,815 1,691,710 2,045,058 1,879,667 2,105,540 2,448,250
Departing passenger traffic 546,000 562,825 698,614 751,310 729,835 816,866 807,953 845,700 830,000 1,019,765 944,373 1,048,153 1,218,340
Arriving passenger traffic 547,400 562,873 688,388 628,690 717,562 795,150 792,944 846,115 861,710 1,025,293 935,294 1,057,387 1,229,910
Total freight (tons) 9,119 9,276 10,004 10,774 8,400 8,800 10,014 12,251 10,361 10,345 10,123 18,269 22,324
Exported freight (tons) 3,701 4,080 3,515 4,000 3,100 3,300 4,741 6,687 6,109 6,450 6,607 13,784 16,983
Imported freight (tons) 5,418 5,196 6,489 6,700 5,200 5,500 5,273 5,564 4,252 3,895 3,516 4,485 5,341
Aircraft movements (departure and landing) 6,897 6,746 7,953 8,624 8,699 9,783 9,858 10,392 8,721 10,409 9,012 9,266 10,621
Country City Airport Frequency Airlines
RussiaMoscowDomodedovo, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo87Aeroflot (6 daily), Nordwind Airlines (12 weekly), Red Wings Airlines (1 daily), S7 Airlines (17 weekly), Ural Airlines (2 weekly), Utair (7 weekly)
UkraineKievKiev-Boryspil13Ukraine International Airlines (13 weekly)
QatarDohaHamad International Airport10Qatar Airways (10 weekly)
RussiaKrasnodarKrasnodar International Airport8Azimuth (3 weekly), Ural Airlines (5 weekly)
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport7Flydubai (1 daily)
AustriaViennaVienna International Airport7Austrian Airlines (1 daily)
PolandWarsawWarsaw International Airport7LOT Polish Airlines (1 daily)
United Arab EmiratesSharjahSharjah International Airport7Air Arabia (7 weekly)
IranTehranTehran-Imam Khomeini7Mahan Air (1 daily)
RussiaSochiSochi International Airport6Nordwind Airlines (2 weekly), Ural Airlines (4 weekly)
FranceParisParis-Charles de Gaulle5Air France (5 weekly)

Ground transportation

There is an official airport taxi service serving Zvartnots Airport to any direction or vice versa. It does not provide intracity service.

In 2017, a new bus service was started, conducting regular round trips between Zvartnots airport and downtown Yerevan. A bus leaves every half hour between 7 AM and 10 PM, and every hour between 10:30 PM and 7 AM. Operated by Elitebus, a one-way fare costs 300 dram and the bus makes stops in downtown Yerevan where passengers can board or disembark at Yeritasardakan Metro, the Abovyan and Sayat-Nova street intersection, Republic Square Amiryan Street, and Mashtots Avenue.[32]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "About us - Zvartnots". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 administrator. "Airports". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Armenia's Zvartnots named best airport in CIS". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Armats.am – Aerodrome ground Movement and Aircraft Parking Chart" (PDF). Armats.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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  8. 1 2 One, Studio. "Ուղիղ չվերթներ Եգիպտոսից Երևան". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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  10. 1 2 3 "Ամռանն ընդառաջ մի շարք ուղղություններով ոչ կանոնավոր չվերթներ կիրականացվեն".
  11. 1 2 3 Liu, Jim (10 October 2018). "Azimuth adds Armenia service from Oct 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  12. ↑ ""Azimut" Airlines launches sale of tickets from Rostov to Yerevan".
  13. ↑ "Brussels Airlines sets sail for Armenia in 2017".
  14. ↑ chamwings.com - Where we fly retrieved 9 September 2018
  15. ↑ "EGYPTAIR plans Armenia charters in S18". routesonline.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "LOT Polish Airlines Restores 4 Cancelled Routes from Jan 2016 :: Routesonline". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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  18. ↑ Liu, Jim (2 March 2018). "Red Wings plans Armenia launch from March 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  19. ↑ Bobon, Gabriel (26 September 2018). "TAROM a pus în vânzare biletele pentru zborurile București – Baku și București – Erevan – BoardingPass.ro". boardingpass.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  20. ↑ Liu, Jim (6 September 2018). "Ural Airlines schedules new routes in W18". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  21. ↑ "Базовый перевозчик Внуково авиакомпания "ЮТэйр" анонсирует планы на весенне-летний сезон". Corp.vnukovo.ru. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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  23. ↑ General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia – 2005–2006 Statistics Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. 1 2 General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia – 2006–2007 Statistics Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  25. ↑ 2008 Statistics for Zvartnots airport Dead link
  26. 1 2 "Overall passenger transportation via Zvartnots airport reached 1.6mln in 2010". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  27. ↑ "Zvartnots Airport serviced over 1,6 million passengers in 2011". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  28. ↑ "Zvartnots Airport posts passenger traffic of 1,7 mln in 2012". PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  29. 1 2 administrator. "Statistics 2013-2014". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  30. ↑ General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia – 2014–2015 Statistics Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  31. ↑ "Վիճակագրություն". Aviation.am. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  32. ↑ "Yerevan: New Schedule for Zvartnots Airport Express Bus - Hetq - News, Articles, Investigations". Retrieved 2018-01-13.

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