BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. A total of 36,000 flights were operated in Azerbaijan [in 2022], of which record-high 18,000, including domestic flights, fell on Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL), First Vice-President of AZAL Samir Rzayev told reporters, Trend reports.
Rzayev noted that in 2022, AZAL carried 41 percent of the total number of passengers on international flights, and the remaining 59 percent were carried by other airlines.
"The largest number of passengers over the past year was carried by: Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, Utair, FlyDubai and WizzAir. Totally, 36 foreign air carriers made regular flights to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in 2022. They carried a record number of passengers - 2.2 million people," he added.
In 2021, AZAL carried 874,500 passengers, and 38.2 percent of the total number of international flights was operated by AZAL.
