BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 20. The volume of cargo transportation by air in Azerbaijan amounted to more than 1.9 million passengers from January through August 2023, Trend reports.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, cargo transportation by air decreased by 33.5 percent (198,900 tons). In addition, 0.1 percent of the total cargo volume was transported by air.
In general, the volume of cargo traffic in Azerbaijan increased by 6.5 and passenger traffic by 16 percent from January through August 2023 compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the volume of passenger traffic amounted to 1.2 billion passengers. Most of the passengers (87.8 percent) were transported by motor transport, 11.6 percent by metro, and the rest by other modes of transport.