Azerbaijan: AZAL President and Egyptian Ambassador discuss opening of new flights

President of Azerbaijan Airlines, Jahangir Asgarov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Egypt to Azerbaijan, Adel Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim in Baku. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on issues related to further cooperation in civil aviation between Azerbaijan and Egypt. Jahangir Asgarov emphasized an increase in passenger traffic at the international airports of…

Azerbaijan: GDP up in January-April 2019

Azerbaijan’s GDP exceeded 23.8 billion manats in January-April that is 2.1% more than in January-April 2018, the State Statistical Committee reported. The volume of GDP per capita stood at 2,411.8 manats. Some 46.5% of Azerbaijan’s GDP accounted for industrial sphere, 5.9% – for construction, and 3.1% – for agriculture, forestry and fishery. Net taxes on…

Azerbaijan: electricity export to Europe starts

Since May 1, Azerbaijan has started supplying electricity to Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary through Georgia and Turkey, Azerenergy OJSC said in a message. Azerenergy was among the winning companies participating in the auction to supply electricity to Greece and Bulgaria. The company also supplies electricity to Iran, Russia, Turkey and Georgia. In the coming…