AZALJET launches flights from Azerbaijani regions to Moscow
AZALJET, low-cost brand of Azerbaijan Airlines, has started regular flights from the Moscow Vnukovo Airport to Azerbaijani regions - Ganja and Gabala.
The Moscow-Ganja flights will be operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Moscow-Gabala flights - on Thursdays by Airbus A320 aircrafts.
A solemn event was held on the occasion of the first Moscow-Ganja flight with the participation of AZAL Vice-President Eldar Hajiyev and Director General of Vnukovo Airport Vasily Alexandrov on March 15.
Currently, Azerbaijan Airlines carries out regular flights to four Russian cities. In addition to Vnukovo, AZALJET carries out flights to Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo), Kazan and Mineralnye Vody airports. Besides, a regular flight is carried out from Ganja to Saint Petersburg. AZALJET airfare starts from 49 euro one way. Within the flights, the weight concept will be applied - the cost of baggage per kilo will be 2 euro. Air tickets can be booked on the website of the company www.azal.az, purchased at AZAL sales offices and official sales agencies.
Passengers can take advantage of AZAL Miles frequent-flyer program on these flights. Detailed information about AZAL Miles frequent-flyer program is available at: www.miles.azal.az. Online registration is available for those who are not a member of the program yet. Points for the flight may be credited automatically in case AZAL Miles member unique number will be entered in the appropriate filed while purchasing online.
Eldar Hajiyev, addressing the press conference in Moscow, said that AZALJET also plans to launch news flights on Lankaran-Moscow and Nakhchivan-Moscow routes in 2018.
Hajiyev noted that great interest is shown for Azerbaijan in terms of tourism. “The number of foreigners arriving in Azerbaijan is growing. From this point of view, new flights will be opened in different directions,” he said.
He went on to add that the number of passengers transported by AZAL increased by 10-11 percent in 2016 compared to 2015.
Hajiyev said that during this period, the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport saw an increase in the passenger transportation by 12 percent, having rendered service to 3.25 million passengers.
AZAL’s vice-president noted that the first terminal of the airport can render service to six million passengers, the second terminal - to three million passengers.
“We started 2017 also very successfully: in January-February this year AZAL’s passenger traffic increased by 28 percent compared to the same period in 2016,” Hajiyev said. “In general, for the first two months of this year, the number of passengers who were rendered service by Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport increased by 34 percent compared to the same period last year.”
Vasily Alexandrov, in turn, noted that the passenger traffic to Azerbaijan from the Vnukovo Airport is constantly increasing.
He said that Russian tourists have not yet fully discovered the tourist potential of Azerbaijan, and it is necessary to work in this direction.
Anton Kuznetsov, the deputy director general at the Vnukovo airport, for his part, said that more than 70,000 passengers have been transported to Azerbaijan from the Vnukovo airport since 2015.