Stepanavan Airport Should Be Either Privatized Or Stop Its Activity

STEPANAVAN AIRPORT SHOULD BE EITHER PRIVATIZED OR STOP ITS ACTIVITY

Noyan Tapan
Feb 12 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Civil Aviation General Department
introduced a report to RA government proposing the latter making a
decision on either privatizing Stepanavan airport or stopping its
activity. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Head of Civil
Aviation General Department Artyom Movsisian, this airport, which
has not been working for already three years, can interest airlines
implementing concrete flights. To recap, the facilities of Stepanavan
airport put into exploitation in 1982 enable to serve AN-72, AN-32,
YAK-40 and other planes of the kind. The navigation system installed
at the airport provides minimum meteorological conditions for 400-5000
m landing.