YEREVAN. – As compared to September 2013, a 16-percent increase in passenger flow was observed at the Zvartnots International Airport of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, in September of the current year.

Last month, the airport served 197,602 passengers against 169,776 of September 2013.

The number of flights in the same period rose by 13 percent. As compared to the 1,599 flights in September of the year past, a total of 1,807 flights were conducted this September.

In the case when 27 airlines operated regular flights to Zvartnots in September 2013, this number reached 33 last month.

In addition, most of the airlines increased the number of their flights to all destinations, and this resulted in a reduction in the airplane ticket prices.