Civil Aviation Committee (Armenia)

Civil Aviation Committee [1] is an agency of Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure օf Armenia.[2] Its head office is on the property of Zvartnots International Airport in Zvartnots, near Yerevan.[3][4]

Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure օf Armenia
Coat of arms of Armenia
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 13, 2003
JurisdictionArmenia
Agency executive
  • Tatevik Revazyan, Chairman of the Committee
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Although the Department of Civil Aviation was commissioned in 2003, Armenia's aviation history dates back to 1933 when Armenian independent air detachment under Soviet Union, started regular flights to Tbilisi from Southern Airfield (former name of Erebuni Airport).

During Soviet Union Times, all flights were operated by the state owned company called Aeroflot. Aeroflot connected all major cities of the nation to one another. Armenia had many direct flights to other republics of the USSR. However, international flights out of USSR were flown only through Moscow Sheremetyevo airport.

During the times of Soviet Union Armenia saw the creation and the expansion of its aviation. Armenian SSR built all in all 7 airports and many other functioning airstrips.

Currently there are five official operational airports in Armenia. Two of the five (Shirak Airport and Zvartnots Airport) service international flights while the rest serve as regional airports. Erebuni Airport and Arzni Airport are mostly designated as a military airport stationing Armenian Air Force.

See also

References
  1. "Հայաստանի քաղաքացիական ավիացիայի կոմիտե". www.gdca.am. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. "Ministry of territorial administration and infrastructure օf Armenia - Structure". www.mtad.am. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. "Home Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine." General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia. Retrieved on 25 December 2011. "Our address is: Yerevan, 357042 Zvartnoc airport" [sic]
  4. "Home (Armenian) Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine." General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia. Retrieved on 25 December 2011. "Մեր հասցեն է` ք.Երևան, 357042 «Զվարթնոց» օդակայան"
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