ArmInfo. Passenger traffic in Armenia in January-April 2021 slowed down the y-o-y decline from 38.3% to 17.4%, amounting to 31,596.2 thousand people. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.
In particular, the most significant decline is observed in air passenger traffic - by 33.1% to 405.1 thousand people, followed by road transportation - by 24.7% to 24 505.5 thousand people. At the same time, railway passenger traffic, on the contrary, increased by 17% to 106.2 thousand people. Transportation of passengers by electric transport also shows an upward trend - by 30.6% to 6,759.4 thousand people.
The volume of freight traffic in Armenia in January-April 2021 accelerated the y-o-y growth from 2% to 17.7%, amounting to 4,564.8 thousand tons. In particular, road cargo transportation, which accounts for 63.6% of the total volume or 2,904.6 thousand tons, increased by 34.4% per annum. At the same time, a decline was observed in air cargo transportation - by 4.1% to 4.7 thousand tons, and for rail freight - by 7% to 908.5 thousand tons. The main pipeline supplied 747 thousand tons of natural gas, which is 1.7% more than a year ago.
In general, passenger traffic decreased in January-April by 15.4% per annum, amounting to 421.5 million passenger-km. And freight turnover increased by 3.4% per annum, amounting to 1701.1 million tonne-km.
