(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 9. Azerbaijan's
international airports served 578,000 passengers in July 2022. This
is 87% higher than in 2021 for the same period.
At the same time, 482,000 passengers were served on
international flights, more than twice as many as last year.
The base air carriers of Baku airport AZAL and Buta served
211,000 passengers on international flights for the period, that is
44% of the total international traffic.
In July 2022, 30 foreign airlines performed regular flights to
Baku Airport. Also this month, Qazaq Air opened direct flights from
Aktobe to Baku.
The top ten most popular international destinations from Baku in
July included Moscow, Istanbul, Antalya, Dubai, Tbilisi, Riyadh,
Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Izmir and Dammam. A total of 300,000 passengers
were served to these destinations.
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 March Heydar Aliyev International Airport has confirmed its
status of the best airport in CIS countries for the fifth time in a
row according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards. This award is
the benchmark of quality for the airport industry.
Skytrax also awarded Baku Airport the highest 5-star rating, as
well as the highest epidemiological safety rating during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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