2024-08-07 17:16:38
Heydar Aliyev International Airport continues to set new records. In July 2024, the airport served more than 815 thousand passengers on 6171 flights, which is 23% more than in July last year, Day.Az reported on Wednesday with reference to Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
During this period, this figure amounted to 663 thousand people.
Thus, 52% of passengers transported on international routes were transported by foreign airlines, and the rest by the national air carrier. Foreign airlines transported more than 380 thousand passengers, “Azerbaijan Airlines” transported 351 thousand passengers. During this period, the national air carrier carried out 745 flights in the direction of Nakhchivan, served more than 85 thousand passengers.
There was also a significant increase in the number of transit passengers – compared to July 2023, it increased almost threefold and amounted to 36 thousand people. This once again emphasizes the growing strategic importance of Baku Airport as a transit hub.
Among the most popular international destinations from Baku are Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai, Tbilisi and Abu Dhabi. More than 320 thousand passengers were transported on these routes.
In total, during the first 7 months of 2024, Baku Airport served more than 4.204 million passengers, which is 36.2% more than the same period last year.
It should be noted that Heydar Aliyev International Airport continues to improve the quality of service, introduce innovations and expand the geography of flights in order to ensure maximum comfort and safety for all passengers.
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