Emigration from Armenia grows - newspaper
NEWS.AM
February 14, 2013 | 08:13
YEREVAN. - The Armenian General Department of Civil Aviation
publicized the statistics of the airline passengers that departed from
and arrived in Armenia in January 2013, Haykakan Zhamanak daily
reports.
`In line with the statistics, 62,454 people departed from and 54,029
people arrived in Armenia's [capital city Yerevan's] Zvartnots and
[Gyumri city's] Shirak airports in January. The negative balance
amounted to 8,425 people.
The negative balance of the passengers that departed and arrived in
January of the year past was 6,844. As compared with January of last
year, the number of those that departed without returning in January
of this year grew by 1,581, or by 23 percent; this is only via
airways. [But] the trends in recent years show that more and more
people leave Armenia on buses.
To note, in line with the 2012 official data, 50,000 citizens of
Armenia have left Armenia without returning [last year],' Haykakan
Zhamanak writes.
From: A. Papazian
NEWS.AM
February 14, 2013 | 08:13
YEREVAN. - The Armenian General Department of Civil Aviation
publicized the statistics of the airline passengers that departed from
and arrived in Armenia in January 2013, Haykakan Zhamanak daily
reports.
`In line with the statistics, 62,454 people departed from and 54,029
people arrived in Armenia's [capital city Yerevan's] Zvartnots and
[Gyumri city's] Shirak airports in January. The negative balance
amounted to 8,425 people.
The negative balance of the passengers that departed and arrived in
January of the year past was 6,844. As compared with January of last
year, the number of those that departed without returning in January
of this year grew by 1,581, or by 23 percent; this is only via
airways. [But] the trends in recent years show that more and more
people leave Armenia on buses.
To note, in line with the 2012 official data, 50,000 citizens of
Armenia have left Armenia without returning [last year],' Haykakan
Zhamanak writes.
From: A. Papazian