2024-03-07 13:31:41
In February of this year, Heydar Aliyev International Airport continues to increase passenger traffic, serving more than 471 thousand passengers, Day.Az reports on Thursday with reference to Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
This is 50.7% more than in the same period last year, when 312 thousand passengers were transported.
In February, 33 airlines, 13 of which were low-cost airlines, operated 3,853 flights. Foreign airlines accounted for 50.5% of passenger traffic on international routes, the rest was carried out by the national air carrier. Foreign airlines served more than 215 thousand passengers, and Azerbaijan Airlines – 211 thousand passengers. More than 44 thousand passengers were transported in the direction of Nakhchivan. In addition, the number of transit passengers increased by 106% compared to February last year and amounted to 25 thousand people.
In February of this year, the most popular international destinations from the Baku airport were Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Tbilisi, Dubai and Moscow, where more than 228 thousand passengers were served.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport continues to improve its services and meet the needs of passengers.