Zvartnots International Airport

For other uses, see Zvartnots (disambiguation).

Zvartnots International Airport (Armenian: Զվարթնոց միջազգային օդանավակայան, romanized: Zvart'nots' mijazgayin ōdanavakayan) (IATA: EVN, ICAO: UDYZ) is located near Zvartnots, 15 km (9.3 mi) west^[2] of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It acts as the main international airport of Armenia and is Yerevan's main international transport hub. It is the busiest airport in the country.

Zvartnots International Airport Զվարթնոց Միջազգային Oդանավակայան
IATA: EVN ICAO: UDYZ
Summary
Airport type	International
Operator	Armenia International Airports CJSC
Serves	Yerevan
Location	Yerevan, Armenia
Opened	1961
Hub for	Armenia Airways FlyOne Armenia Shirak Avia
Operating base for	Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL	2,838 ft / 865 m
Coordinates	40°08′50″N 044°23′45″E
Website	www.zvartnots.aero
Map
EVN Location of airport in Armenia Show map of Armenia EVN EVN (Europe) Show map of Europe EVN EVN (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,850 12,631 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2024)
Number of passengers 5,248,348[1] Passenger change 23-24 1,5%
Source: Armenian AIP at EUROCONTROL[2][3]

History

The airport was opened in 1961,^[4] and following a design competition held in 1970, M. Khachikyan, A. Tarkhanyan, S. Qalashyan, L. Cherkezyan, and M. Baghdasaryan won the right to design the first terminal building. The airport was renovated in the 1980s with the development of a new terminal area, in order to meet domestic traffic demands within the Soviet Union.

When Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the growth of cargo shipments resulted in the construction of a new cargo terminal in 1998 that can handle about 100,000 tonnes of cargo annually.^[5] In 2001, a 30-year concession agreement for the management of operations at the airport was signed with Armenia International Airports CJSC, owned by Argentine company Corporación America, which is in turn owned by Armenian Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian. As part of that agreement, Armenia International Airports CJSC renovated the runways, main taxiways, and ramps. In 2006, a new gate area and arrivals hall opened, followed by an overall improvement of the airport's fire services, including replacing the entire fire-fighting fleet with new vehicles. A new departures and arrivals terminal, car-parking facility with a capacity of 600 vehicles, and a government delegation terminal all opened in 2011. On 30 January 2013, Zvartnots airport was named "Best Airport In the CIS" during the Emerging Markets Airports Award (EMAA) ceremonies held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[6]

In March 2024, Armenia officially expelled Russian border guards who had been stationed at the airport.^[7] Their withdrawal was completed on 31 July.^[8]

Overview

The airport is able to accept aircraft up to and including the Antonov An-225, Boeing 747-400 and Airbus A380.^[5][9][10] Runway 08 is equipped with an ILS CAT II, which enables aircraft operations in low ceiling (30 meters) and visibility (350 metres).^[11]

Zvartnots International Airport recently^[when?] implemented a new flight information display system (FIDS), a new automated and biometric-identification system for baggage check-in and passenger control, as well as the installation of 150 surveillance cameras across airport premises.

The access to the boarding area is highly secured with three steps, a pre-control, a passport control, and X-ray control. The airport features a Dufry duty-free shop after security, as well as the Converse Bank business class lounge, with a view overlooking the gate area and apron. In addition, the airport features a HayPost office, a pharmacy, several dining options and cafes, a Europcar, Beeline, VivaCell MTS, Ardshinbank, as well as, HSBC, VTB Bank, and Ameriabank ATMs.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2019, yearly passenger flow at Zvartnots International Airport exceeded 3 million passengers for the first time in Armenia's history.^[12] In 2023, passenger flow at Zvartnots exceeded 5 million passengers for the first time.^[13]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from the airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens[14] Seasonal: Larnaca,[citation needed] Thessaloniki[15] Seasonal charter: Heraklion[citation needed]
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg
Air Arabia	Abu Dhabi (begins 1 June 2025),[16] Sharjah
Air Cairo	Cairo,[17] Sharm El Sheikh[18] Seasonal: Hurghada[19]
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle[20]
Air Montenegro	Seasonal: Podgorica[21]
Armenia Airways	Delhi (begins 7 May 2025),[22] Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Asa Jet	Rasht, Tabriz
Austrian Airlines	Vienna[23]
Azimuth	Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Vnukovo, Sochi,[24] Ufa
Belavia	Minsk
Brussels Airlines	Brussels[25]
Bulgaria Air	Seasonal charter: Burgas,[26] Varna[citation needed]
Caspian Airlines	Tehran–Imam Khomeini[27]
Cham Wings Airlines	Damascus (suspended)[28]
China Southern Airlines	Ürümqi[29]
Condor	Seasonal: Frankfurt[30]
European Air Charter	Seasonal charter: Burgas[citation needed]
Eurowings	Berlin,[31] Düsseldorf[32] Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn[33]
FitsAir	Seasonal charter: Colombo–Bandaranaike,[34] Fujairah,[35] Malé,[35] Sharjah[35]
Flydubai	Dubai–International
FlyOne Armenia	Barcelona,[36] Brussels,[37] Chișinău,[38] Cologne/Bonn,[39] Heraklion (begins 1 June 2025),[37] Istanbul,[40] Larnaca,[41][42] Milan–Malpensa,[43][44] Moscow–Domodedovo,[citation needed] Moscow–Vnukovo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[40] Paphos (begins 11 June 2025),[39] Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Tbilisi,[40] Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki (begins 12 June 2025),[39] Yekaterinburg[39] Seasonal: Sharm El Sheikh[45]
Georgian Airways	Tbilisi[46]
Iran Airtour	Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Iran Aseman Airlines	Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Iraqi Airways	Baghdad
Jazeera Airways	Seasonal: Kuwait City (resumes 24 June 2025)[47]
Korean Air	Seasonal charter: Seoul-Incheon (resumes 18 May 2025)[48]
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin[49]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt[50]
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Nouvelair	Seasonal charter: Monastir[citation needed]
Novair	Kapan[51]
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[52]
Qatar Airways	Doha
Qeshm Air	Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Red Wings Airlines	Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Zhukovsky, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Sochi, Ufa
Rossiya Airlines	Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Sochi,[53] Volgograd[54]
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk[55]
SalamAir	Muscat[56][57]
Sepehran Airlines	Tehran–Imam Khomeini[58]
Shirak Avia	Krasnoyarsk (begins 10 May 2025),[59] Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Vnukovo,[60] Nizhny Novgorod, Perm,[61] Saratov (resumes 3 May 2025),[62] Ufa Seasonal: Malé[63]
Sky Express	Athens[64]
SkyUp	Charter: Hurghada,[65] Sharm El Sheikh[65]
Transavia	Paris–Orly[66] Seasonal: Lyon,[67] Marseille[68]
UR Airlines	Seasonal: Erbil[citation needed]
Ural Airlines	Moscow–Domodedovo,[69] Sochi,[70] Yekaterinburg
Utair	Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg, Surgut, Tyumen[71]
Wizz Air	Abu Dhabi,[72][73] Bari (begins 26 October 2025),[74], Bucharest (begins 26 October 2025),[75], Budapest,[76] Dortmund[77], Hamburg (begins 1 October 2025),[78], Larnaca,[79] Milan–Malpensa,[80] Memmingen (begins 28 October 2025),[81]Naples (begins 15 October 2025),[82]Nice (begins 2 October 2025),[83] Prague (resumes 1 October 2025),[84] Paphos (begins 2 October 2025),[85],Rome–Fiumicino[86] Sofia,[77] Venice,[87] Vienna[88]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines Belgium	Liège[89]
Lufthansa Cargo	Frankfurt[90]
Swiftair	Cologne/Bonn,[citation needed] Tbilisi[citation needed]

Traffic and statistics

New terminal building

Check-in hall

Departures hall and gates

Mount Ararat from Zvartnots Airport

Annual statistics

2000s
Year	2005[91]	2006[92]	2007[92]	2008[93]	2009[94]
Total passenger traffic	1,111,400	1,125,698	1,387,002	1,480,000	1,447,397
Departing passenger traffic	546,000	562,825	698,614	751,310	729,835
Arriving passenger traffic	547,400	562,873	688,388	628,690	717,562
Total freight (tons)	9,119	9,276	10,004	10,774	8,400
Exported freight (tons)	3,701	4,080	3,515	4,000	3,100
Imported freight (tons)	5,418	5,196	6,489	6,700	5,200
Aircraft movements (departure and landing)	6,897	6,746	7,953	8,624	8,699

2010s
Year	2010[94]	2011[95]	2012[96]	2013[97]	2014[97]	2015[98]	2016[99]	2017[100]	2018[101]	2019[102]
Total passenger traffic	1,612,016	1,600,891	1,691,815	1,691,710	2,045,058	1,879,667	2,105,540	2,448,250	2,690,727	3,048,859
Departing passenger traffic	816,866	807,953	845,700	830,000	1,019,765	944,373	1,048,153	1,218,340	1,318,344	1,473,019
Arriving passenger traffic	795,150	792,944	846,115	861,710	1,025,293	935,294	1,057,387	1,229,910	1,372,383	1,575,840
Total freight (tons)	8,800	10,014	12,251	10,361	10,345	10,123	18,269	22,325	18,069	19,511
Exported freight (tons)	3,300	4,741	6,687	6,109	6,450	6,607	13,784	16,984	12,010	12,755
Imported freight (tons)	5,500	5,273	5,564	4,252	3,895	3,516	4,485	5,341	6,059	6,756
Aircraft movements (departure and landing)	9,783	9,858	10,392	8,721	10,409	9,012	9,266	10,621	11,580	13,260

2020s
Year	2020[3]	2021[103]	2022[104]	2023[1]	2024[105]
Total passenger traffic	790,827	2,278,212	3,649,764	5,330,308	5,248,348
Departing passenger traffic	388,685	1,155,765	1,809,565	2,655,515	2,629,512
Arriving passenger traffic	402,142	1,122,447	1,840,199	2,674,793	2,618,836
Total freight (tons)	15,733	17,321[a]	23,340[b]	33,852[c]	42,235
Exported freight (tons)	10,405	8,803	N/A	17,568[d]	N/A
Imported freight (tons)	5,328	8,518	N/A	16,284[e]	N/A
Aircraft movements (departure and landing)	4,963	10,106	17,345	43,485	39,168

Top 10 most frequent routes from Zvartnots as of March 2024^[106]

Rank	City	Flights per week
1	SVO Moscow	~52
2	VKO Moscow	~46
3	Sochi	~26
4	Mineralnye Vody	~24
5	Tehran	~15
6	DME Moscow	~14
7	Tbilisi	~11
8	Chișinău	~11
9	Abu Dhabi	~11
10	Vienna	~10

Ground transportation

Bus routes and subway service

In 2017, a new express bus service began operation, with regular round-trips between Zvartnots Airport and downtown Yerevan. The number 201 bus^[107] leaves the airport every half hour between 7 am and 11 pm, and every hour between 12 am and 6 am. The travel time is approximately 30 minutes, depending on traffic. Operated by Elitebus, a one-way fare costs 300 AMD. The bus terminus is on Amiryan Street, but the bus also makes stops^[108] along Mashtots Avenue, at the Yeritasardakan station (where passengers can connect to the Yerevan Metro system), and at the Republic Square.^[109]

Automobile

The airport is accessed from the M5 highway, which connects Yerevan with the west of the country and other major highways. By car, the distance from Zvartnots Airport to the centre of Yerevan is 12 kilometers, taking approximately 20 minutes to get to.^[110]

At Zvartnots Airport, cars from rental companies are available. The airport offers various official parking^[111] options, from premium to low cost. In addition, alternative parking options are within the reach of the airport.

Taxi service

In 2019, Zvartnots Airport partnered with Yandex Taxi to provide passengers with taxi services from the airport.

Incidents

On 14 February 2008, Belavia Flight 1834, operated by a Bombardier CRJ100ER, stalled and crashed on takeoff at Zvartnots. The aircraft flipped over and burst into flames. There were no fatalities amongst the 21 occupants, but seven people were injured.^[112]

See also

• Transport in Armenia
• List of the busiest airports in Armenia
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

Notes

1. Including postal items
2. Including postal items
3. Including freight processed at Shirak Airport
4. Including freight exported from Shirak Airport
5. Including freight imported at Shirak Airport