YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Gyumri's Shirak Airport will be given first category as a result of work to be done at the airport this year. Now it has no category. NT correspondent was informed from the RA Civil Aviation Main Department that about 4 million dollars will be invested in Shirak Airport from various sources of financing. Last year the Armenian government already allocated 67 mln 500 thousand drams (about 184 thousand USD) from its reserve fund for development of design estimates of the airport's repairs. The program of Shirak Airport development was worked out by the RA Civil Aviation Main Department two years ago and includes capital repair of the runway and installation of new equipment. The airport was put into operation in 1961. It can service TU-154, IL-76 and other planes of this type. The airport currently operates regular flights to Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi.

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