(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Since the beginning of this year, the total passenger traffic of
Azerbaijan's international airports has exceeded 2 million
people.
Only in June this year, 530,000 passengers were served at the
airports, which is 96% of the pre-pandemic 2019 levels.
The base air carriers of the Baku airport – AZAL and Buta
Airways - have carried 618,000 and 201,000 passengers,
respectively, since the beginning of the year. Of these, 457
thousand are passengers of international flights, which is 36% of
the total international traffic.
In June 2022, 24 foreign airlines operated regular flights to
Baku airport. Also this month,“Salam Air” launched direct flights
from Muscat to Baku.
The top ten most popular international destinations from Baku in
June included Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai, Tbilisi, Antalya, Abu Dhabi,
Riyadh, Ankara, Sharjah and Minsk.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport (IATA: GYD) is the largest
airport in Azerbaijan and the region in terms of passenger and
freight traffic, takeoff and landing operations, the airport
terminal area and capacity of the cargo complex.
In 2021 the Heydar Aliyev International Airport was certified
with the highest 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Safety Rating by
international air transport rating agency Skytrax. This is the
highest recognition of the effectiveness of COVID-19 measures
instituted at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport to protect
its passengers and employees from the spread of COVID-19.
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