Armenians expected to open Khankendi airport in spite of Azerbaijani government`s warning

Armenians are expected to open occupied Khankendi airport in spite of warnings by the government of Azerbaijan. They tested night lighting system of runway strip last weekend. The airport has 2300-m runway strip with 20 m width. They are planning to open the Khankendi airport with flights to Yerevan at first. The runway strip was extended and summit of the nearby hill was smoothed out for making plane landing easy.

Armenians have started the construction of main airport building in 2008, but the opening scheduled for May 9, 2011 was delayed due some technical problems.

Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration stated that the construction of airport in the occupied territories and organizing flights from other countries to Khankendi without permission of Baku are illegal actions. Baku warned that all measures considered by the legislation, including physical elimination will be used against the planes flying to Khankendi without the permission of Baku.


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