Azerbaijan: Boeing 747 freighter lands at new Istanbul New Airport for first time

The Boeing 747-8F aircraft of the Azerbaijani cargo airline Silk Way West Airlines became the first F-category large cargo airliner that landed at the recently opened New Istanbul Airport. Baku-Istanbul-Baku flight was served by the Turkish “Celebi” ground handling company, which had been providing aviation services at a high professional level for many years. Since…

Azerbaijan: food imports up in Q1 2019

In January-March, Azerbaijan increased the imports of food products by 15.4% YoY, to $389.942 million, reported the State Customs Committee. In particular, wheat formed the major share in the structure of food imports – 405.8 thousand tons (up by 28.4%) valued at $91.13 million, while vegetable and animal oils – 33.1 thousand tons (-25%) at…

Azerbaijan: winery to increase export to Europe

Aspi Agro LLC producing wine in Azerbaijan’s Gabala city intends to export wine to more countries, Aygun Atayeva, chief sales manager, reported. “Presently, the company’s products are sold domestically and exported to the EU countries,” she said. “The company’s products under Savalan brand are supplied to several European countries and our task is to further…

Azerbaijan: growing cargo volumes affecting climate

After Azerbaijan regained the state independence, the government began to pay special attention to managing emissions and protecting the environment, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev said at the 4th SOCAR International Caspian and Central Asia Downstream Forum on Trading, Logistics, Refining and Petrochemicals in Baku. According to…