AZAL to Replenish its Fleet with New Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Baku/20.07.22/Turan: “Azerbaijan Airlines” (“AZAL”) will expand its fleet with four new modern Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners. 

The corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by the President of AZAL, Mr. Jahangir Asgarov, and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Stan Deal. The document was signed during the famous airshow in Farnborough, reads a press release from AZAL.

Delivery of aircraft of this type to Azerbaijan is scheduled for the period from 2025 to 2030.

“Azerbaijan Airlines” was the first airline in the former Soviet Union to operate the 787-8 Dreamliner. We currently have two 787-8s in-service. This MoU is the evidence of joint efforts to scale up the mutually beneficial partnership between Azerbaijan Airlines and Boeing,” said Jahangir Asgarov.

“Today’s agreement extends our long-term partnership with “Azerbaijan Airlines” as they renew their fleet to capitalize on the growing long-term travel demand that we are seeing globally,” said Stan Deal, President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “The global in-service 787 fleet has been the most-utilized widebody during the market downturn and we are confident in the proven performance capabilities of this airplane.”-0-