The Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 231 thousand passengers in November, which is 23% more than the same period last year, according to its press office.
Total in the 11 months of 2016 the Baku airport handled almost three million passengers. Jets of the national airline Azerbaijan Airlines carried 1.8 million passengers over the period. On domestic flights (Baku-Nakhchivan, Baku-Ganja and Nakhchivan-Ganja) 500,000 people were transported. This represents 16% of total passenger traffic, or 27% of the volume of AZAL traffic.
During the same period, 14,500 tons of cargo was transported through cargo terminals.
The most popular international destinations from Baku are Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai and Kiev. In the first 11 months of 2016, 1.38 million passengers flew in these directions.
Note that in 2016 Iraqi Airways, Fly Baghdad, ATA Airlines, Air Cairo, Mahan Air, Komaviatrans and the Russian low cost company Pobeda began to fly to Baku in 2016.
The new terminal of the Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Terminal 1) was put into operation in April 2014. -----08D
Economics
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On July 26, the Ministry of Economy hosted a meeting with entrepreneurs from the non-oil industry to explore ways to stimulate local production and enhance export potential.
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Azerbaijani internet service providers Aztelekom and Baktelekom will introduce substantial changes to their pricing structure starting August 15, the companies announced today. Under the new tariffs, the minimum internet speed will rise to 100 Mbit/s, with the cost per Mbit/s decreasing from 0.45 AZN to 0.25 AZN. As a result, monthly charges will be set at 25 AZN for 100 Mbit/s, 30 AZN for 150 Mbit/s, and 36 AZN for 250 Mbit/s.
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Independent experts suggest that Azerbaijan may be on the verge of another devaluation of its currency, the manat, due to a shrinking trade and payment surplus. The anticipated economic adjustments come amidst a decline in foreign currency inflows and reduced oil production.
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Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met today with Ahmed Moallim Figi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. This meeting followed a discussion held the previous day between Figi and Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikail Jabbarov.
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