YEREVAN, OCTOBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The checks conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport showed that Armenia may be ranked among developed countries by flight safety. Gayane Davtian, spokeswoman for the RA Civil Aviation's Main Department, told NT correspondent that the results of ICAO experts' checks in June were presented at the 36th forum of the organization in Montreal recently and assessed as excellent. Studies of the ICAO revealed that violations of flight safety standards make up over 40% in some countries, whereas in Armenia this index makes 3.6%. By the way, Day of Armenian Civil Aviation was celebrated on September 30. On this occasion the Armenian prime minister congratulated the sector's employees and presented letters of acknowledgement to some of them.

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