Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 1
By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:
Currently 11 direct flights are being carried out between Iran and Azerbaijan per week, Iranian envoy has told Trend.
“Now with the inauguration of the new direct flights between the two countries by the Iranian private airline Mahan Air, the number of weekly flights will reach 14,” Iran’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Javad Jahangirzadeh added.
He made the remarks in Baku on the sidelines of a ceremony for launching the Iranian company’s first direct flight to Azerbaijan on Feb. 1.
Mahan Air has announced that an Airbus 310 with a capacity for carrying 179 passengers is scheduled to fly between Tehran and Baku three times a week.
In addition to Mahan Air, Azerbaijan’s flag carrier AZAL, alongside with Iran’s ATA airline carry out scheduled flights between the two neighboring countries.
The ambassador elaborating on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in the area of tourism forecast that the number of flights would increase in spring as more tourists are expected to travel between the two countries.
He further called on the aviation officials from both countries to draw up plans for launching new flights between Baku and several Iranian cities such as Urmia, Ardabil and Rasht