A total of 36,000 flights were operated in Azerbaijan in 2022, of which record-high 18,000, including domestic flights, fell on Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), First Vice-President of AZAL Samir Rzayev told reporters.
Rzayev noted that in 2022, AZAL carried 41% of the total number of passengers on international flights, and the remaining 59% were carried by other airlines.
“The largest number of passengers over the past year was carried by: Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, Utair, FlyDubai and WizzAir. Totally, 36 foreign air carriers made regular flights to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in 2022. They carried a record number of passengers – 2.2 million people,” he added.
In 2021, AZAL carried 874,500 passengers, and 38.2% of the total number of international flights was operated by AZAL. (Trend/Business World Magazine)