April 7, 2016, Baku – National air carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) within the AITF-2016 Tourism Fair, which is underway in Baku, reached an agreement on long-term cooperation with Tour A Vent, which is official representative of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture and Tourism in the Russian Federation .
According to the agreement, a block of seats on Kazan-Baku-Kazan regular flight, operated by AZAL, will be allocated to the tour operator.
In addition, the Airline and tour operator agreed on charter flights from Ulyanovsk Airport to Baku. The flights will be operated by Embraer or Airbus airplanes.
"I am very pleased that our negotiations in the Russian regions have started to give specific results. AZAL is ready to provide good conditions for foreign tour operators in order to attract tourists to Azerbaijan," Vice-President of CJSC AZAL, Eldar Hajiyev said.
"The main goal of our company is to promote and encourage the Azerbaijani tourism. Azerbaijan Airlines operate regular flights to many different regions of Russia and I am sure that our close cooperation will be long-term," Director General of Volga branch of Tour A Vent, Yulia Uba said. –08D---
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