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PASSENGERS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM "AIR TAX" AT SHIRAK AIRPORT IN GIUMRY
YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. Armenia's parliament passed, in the
first reading, the bill about state dues that exempts passengers
flying from Shirak airport in Giumry from so called "air tax".
The decision was made having in mind the recent substantial reduction
in passenger traffic at Shirak airport, the deputy minister of economy
Sergey Avetisyan said in presenting the bill.
Negotiations are currently being held with a number of state-supported
airlines, as well as with the airport, to reduce tariffs for certain
services for increasing the number of flights and the passenger
traffic through the airport, he said.
According to Avetisyan, the bill will open up additional opportunities
for increasing the passenger traffic and for developing indirect
services in the region. This, in turn, will ensure higher budget
income compared to the "air tax", he said.
Armenia's chief aviation department says a total of 1 million
931,554 passengers traveled through Zvartnots and Shirak airports in
January-November 2014, 332,376 people more than in the same period
of 2013, which is a 20.8% increase.
Zvartnots and Shirak airports are run by Armenia-International
Airports, a company owned by an Argentine citizen of Armenian descent
Eduardo Eurnekian. In 2001 the company signed a concessional agreement
with the government to manage the airports for 30 years. -0-
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YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. Armenia's parliament passed, in the
first reading, the bill about state dues that exempts passengers
flying from Shirak airport in Giumry from so called "air tax".
The decision was made having in mind the recent substantial reduction
in passenger traffic at Shirak airport, the deputy minister of economy
Sergey Avetisyan said in presenting the bill.
Negotiations are currently being held with a number of state-supported
airlines, as well as with the airport, to reduce tariffs for certain
services for increasing the number of flights and the passenger
traffic through the airport, he said.
According to Avetisyan, the bill will open up additional opportunities
for increasing the passenger traffic and for developing indirect
services in the region. This, in turn, will ensure higher budget
income compared to the "air tax", he said.
Armenia's chief aviation department says a total of 1 million
931,554 passengers traveled through Zvartnots and Shirak airports in
January-November 2014, 332,376 people more than in the same period
of 2013, which is a 20.8% increase.
Zvartnots and Shirak airports are run by Armenia-International
Airports, a company owned by an Argentine citizen of Armenian descent
Eduardo Eurnekian. In 2001 the company signed a concessional agreement
with the government to manage the airports for 30 years. -0-
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/passengers_to_be_exempted_from_air_tax_at_shirak_a irport_in_giumry/#sthash.eMCOuUoI.dpuf