In January 2023, the main air harbor of Azerbaijan – International Airport Heydar Aliyev served 360 thousand passengers, which is a record indicator of all past years in January.
This is stated in the press service of the airport.
“Since the beginning of 2023, the passenger flow of all international airports of the country amounted to more than 420 thousand people. For the specified period, the national air carriers of AZAL and Buta Airways have transported 132 thousand and 47 thousand passengers, respectively. The share of national airlines amounted to 37%on international flights,” the notion noted In the message.
In January, regular flights of Heydar Aliyev’s international airport made 27 foreign airlines. The largest number of passengers of them were transported by Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, Utair, Azimuth and Flydubai.
The ten most popular international areas from Baku included Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai, Tbilisi, Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Mineral Waters, Gidda, Sharja and Tashkent. In total, 221 thousand people were served in these areas.
International Airport Heydar Aliyev (Iata: Gyd) – the largest airport in Azerbaijan and the region in terms of passenger and freight transportation, runways, the area of the airport complex and the power of the cargo complex.
In June 2022, the Heydar Aliyev International Airport for the fifth time in a row confirmed its status of the best airport in the CIS countries according to the authoritative International Agency Skytrax World Airport Awards. This award for airports is a quality standard for the industry.