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“Today we are putting the new control tower into operation in Yerevan “Zvartnots” airport. This event has coincided with the 10th anniversary of “ARMATS” company foundation. One of the main guidelines in our activity has been the implementation of ICAO international standards. In my opinion the affiliation to EUROCONTROL since 2006 has also substantially helped the company with the progress in the field of air navigation ”, mentioned Artyom Movsesyan, the head the General Department of Civil Aviation, in his speech during the inauguration ceremony of the new control tower.
The new tower complies with the international and European standards in legal, procedural and technical respects.
The participants of ICAO European Region High-Level Seminar on Safety Management, held in Yerevan in recent days, were present at the inauguration ceremony, too.“I am pleased to convey my congratulations to the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, to “Armenia” international airports” CJSC and to those with whose endeavors we have obtained the new building of passenger departure and arrival. In my opinion such a building with modern conveniences is used for VIP services in many countries with high living standards but in our airport similar level of services is reachable not only for business but also for ordinary passengers. This is also the result of the direct control of the President of the Republic of Armenia”,- noted Artyom Movsessyan, the Head of the General Department of Civil Aviation at the Republic of Armenia, in his speech pronounced during the inauguration ceremony of the building of “Zvartnots” international airport.
In order to possess a comfortable and solid building in the respect of safety state-of-the-art and the newest technologies have been used here.
New flight information announcement system, ground handling special equipment, contemporary automatic systems of passenger check-in and baggage registration have been installed.
In the new departure hall 800-1000 passengers can be provided with service which annually amounts to 2m passengers. On June 1, 2007 the first passengers were seen off from the new arrival hall of “Zvartnots” international airport. The passengers were met in the hall by the authorities of the airport, GDCA staff and the journalists.
On November 22-23 a complex training of survival group was held in “Zvartnots” airport on “Assistance to the crew and passengers of aircraft TU-134 going to emergency landing with right burning engine in the vicinity of the airport”.
Having received the introduction about the expected landing of aircraft in “Distress”, the head of the shift of the operational complex announced “Readiness” signal to the survival group at 11:50am. The fire-fighting group within 5 minutes carried out the foam blanket coverage. The head of the shift of the operational complex announced “Alert” signal to the fire-fighting group at 12:16pm.
At 12:20pm the fire-fighting group commenced fire-extinguishing works. The aviation security estimation provided the surrounding of the "accident" site at 12:19pm. At 12:22pm the crew started the passengers evacuation procedures, using aircraft survival aids.
A group of doctors provided first aid for the "injured" in a temporary created aid post.
The head of the shift of the operational complex announced " The end" signal to the survival group at 12:18pm.
The aviation technical estimation began the aircraft towing procedure at 12:40pm.
The respective subdivisions of the general department of civil aviation: the air companies "Armavia", " Air Armenia", "Aviamed" medical centre, the fire-fighting service of airport "Zvartnots", were involved in the training.
According to the requirements of Article 13 of RA law "On Aviation" and ICAO Annex 12 "Search and Rescue", such trainings are held twice a year for the purpose of improving the flight survival provision within airport "Zvartnots".
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