BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 19. Cargo transportation by air in Azerbaijan from January through April 2023 amounted to 735,500 tons, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan told Trend.
According to the ministry, this is 58.6 percent higher, year-on-year.
Passenger transportation by air reached 63,400 people, which is 64.8 percent less than in the same period of 2022.
At the same time, 99.9 percent of transportation was carried out by state-owned enterprises, while 0.1 percent - by private enterprises.
Moreover, cargo transportation by all means of transport in Azerbaijan in the specified period totaled 71.2 million tons, which is 5.9 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year.
In addition, passenger traffic in the country exceeded 578.6 million people in the reporting period, which is 19.2 percent higher year-on-year. Most of the passengers (87.1 percent) were transported by motor transport, 12.4 percent - by metro, and 0.5 percent - by other means of transport.