Russia's Zhukovsky Airport To Start Direct Fligth To Azerbaijan's Baku

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. Ural Airlines willlaunch regular direct flights to Baku from Zhukovsky Airport onApril 26, Trend reports.

According to the airline, flights on the Zhukovsky-Baku routewill be operated twice a week, on Fridays and Saturdays.

However, earlier it was reported that the first flight on thisroute was planned for February 8 but did not take place, as all thenuances of the implementation of these flights have not been agreedupon.

The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijanexplained that the application from Ural Airlines was receivedlate, and it takes time for its approval by the civil aviationauthorities of Azerbaijan.

To note, 45,821 tourists from Russia visited Azerbaijan inFebruary 2024, which is 30.67 percent more than in the same periodof 2023. Azerbaijan was visited by 91,397 tourists from Russia fromJanuary through February this year, which is 21.45 percent morethan the figure for the same period in 2023 (75,256 people).

A total of 2,086,548 foreign nationals visited Azerbaijan in2023, which is more than 30.2 percent higher than in 2022(1,602,600), while 625,106 people visited from Russia, which is39.9 percent higher than in 2022 (446,831).

Additionally, it is worth noting that a total of 4,218,781Russian citizens visited Azerbaijan in 2017–2023 (2017: 853,082,2018: 878,391, 2019: 932,198, 2020: 225,214, 2021: 257,959, 2022:446,831, and 2023 - 625,106).

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