Passenger traffic at Azerbaijani airports is approaching pre-pandemic levels

Baku, July 13, AZERTAC

For the reason that starting of this yr, the whole passenger site visitors of Azerbaijan’s worldwide airports has exceeded 2 million folks.

Solely in June this yr, 530,000 passengers had been served on the airports, which is 96% of the pre-pandemic 2019 ranges.

The bottom air carriers of the Baku airport – AZAL and Buta Airways – have carried 618,000 and 201,000 passengers, respectively, for the reason that starting of the yr. Of those, 457 thousand are passengers of worldwide flights, which is 36% of the whole worldwide site visitors.

In June 2022, 24 international airways operated common flights to Baku airport. Additionally this month, “Salam Air” launched direct flights from Muscat to Baku.

The highest ten hottest worldwide locations from Baku in June included Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai, Tbilisi, Antalya, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Ankara, Sharjah and Minsk.

Heydar Aliyev Worldwide Airport (IATA: GYD) is the biggest airport in Azerbaijan and the area by way of passenger and freight site visitors, takeoff and touchdown operations, the airport terminal space and capability of the cargo advanced.

In 2021 the Heydar Aliyev Worldwide Airport was licensed with the best 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Security Score by worldwide air transport score company Skytrax. That is the best recognition of the effectiveness of COVID-19 measures instituted on the Heydar Aliyev Worldwide Airport to guard its passengers and staff from the unfold of COVID-19.