“In February 2022, Azerbaijani international airports totally served 255 thousand people. This is 2.8 times more than for the same period last year.” This Haqqin.Az reported in the press service Azal.
It is noted that in general since the beginning of the year passenger traffic at all airports amounted to 546 thousand people, of which 80% accounted for Gaidar Aliyev International Airport.
Basic air carriers of the air harbor Baku – Azal and Buta Airways – transported 167 thousand and 52 thousand people during this period, respectively, which is 38% and 12% of the total share of served passengers.
In February 2022, 24 foreign airlines made regular flights to the Baku Airport.
“They completed flights from Azerbaijan to Turkey, Russia, UAE, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Qatar, Israel, Germany, Great Britain, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. From March 2022, flights to Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are temporarily suspended. , in connection with the events in Ukraine, “- noted in the company.
International Airport Heydar Aliyev (IATA: GYD) is the largest airport in Azerbaijan and the region in terms of passenger and freight traffic, runway operations, aircraft complex area and cargo complex power.
In 2021, Heydar Aliyev International Airport received a 5-star epidemiological security rating during the Pandemic period COVID-19 for airports from Skytrax International Airport rating agency. This is the highest recognition of the effectiveness of COVID-19 measures introduced at Heydar Aliyev International Airport to protect its passengers and employees from the proliferation of coronavirus.