International Airports Of Azerbaijan Served Over 1.5 Mln People Since Beginning Of The Year
Date
6/11/2022 3:25:37 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The total passenger traffic of Azerbaijan's international
airports has reached 1.53 million people since the beginning of
2022. It is more than twice higher than the comparable indicator of
the past year.
In May 2022 the Azerbaijani airports served 396,000 people, of
which 315,000 were passengers who departed from the capital's
airport or arrived at it.
Since the beginning of the year, the base air carriers of the
Baku Airport - AZAL and Buta Airways - have carried 455,000 and
154,000 passengers respectively. Of these, 341.5 thousand are
passengers of international flights, which amounts to 36% of the
total volume of international traffic.
In May 2022, 24 foreign airlines operated regular flights to
Baku airport. Also this month, LOT Airlines launched direct flights
from Warsaw to Baku.
The top ten most popular international destinations from Baku in
May included Istanbul, Dubai, Moscow, Tbilisi, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah,
Minsk, Ankara, Izmir and Kuwait.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport (IATA: GYD) is the largest
airport in Azerbaijan and the region in terms of passenger and
cargo traffic, takeoff and landing operations, terminal area and
cargo complex capacity.
In 2021, Heydar Aliyev International Airport received a 5-star
rating on epidemiological safety for airports during the COVID-19
pandemic from the international air transport rating agency
Skytrax.
This is the highest recognition of the effectiveness of the
COVID-19 measures introduced at Heydar Aliyev International Airport
to protect its passengers and employees from the spread of the
coronavirus.
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