Zvartnots Airport old building  will not be removed from state  register of protected monuments

ArmInfo.The old building of Zvartnots Airport will not be removed from the list of historical and cultural monuments of Yerevan. Deputy Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Armen Simonyan announced this to Public TV.

He stated that in January of this year, the fifth amendment to the  concession agreement was signed with the management company "Armenia  International Airports," according to which the latter committed to  invest $425 million in the airport. Subsequently, the company  submitted a master plan to the government for the transformation of  the old airport building, which has already been 95% approved.

The new terminal is intended to be integrated with the old building,  but, as Martirosyan noted, the latter will be converted. "The  monument must be modified, and its conceptual design has already been  approved.  But when the final sketches and designs are ready, we will  incorporate them into the master plan and submit them for public  discussion," the deputy minister said, announcing that the famous  tower of the old airport building will remain, while the surrounding  structures will be transformed. Its status as a historical and  cultural monument will also be preserved.