Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 16
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
Azerbaijan Airlines JSC (AZAL) has no plans to cancel flights to Paris in the near future, the head of the press service of the airlines Pasha Kesamanski told Trend Nov. 16.
"Another flight to Paris was successfully carried out Nov. 15, and the plane has already returned to Baku," he said.
AZAL implements Baku-Paris-Baku flights four times a week (on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays) on the Airbus A320 aircraft.
In connection with a series of terrorist attacks in Paris November 13 that killed about 130 people, a number of airlines have canceled flights to the French capital. Turkish Airlines is among them. American Airlines suspended evening and night flights till they get more information.
However, many major airlines, such as Aeroflot, Air France, United Airlines and others have decided not to cancel flights to Paris.
Numerous terrorist attacks were conducted in Paris on Nov. 13-14. Four gunmen systematically slaughtered at least 89 young people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall.
Some 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the national stadium where French president Hollande and German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier were watching a friendly soccer international.
129 people have died in the aftermath of a string of terror attacks in Paris, while 99 out of 352 injured are in a critical condition, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins stated during a news briefing following a string of terror attacks in France's capital.