Heydar Aliyev International Airport in 2016 served 3 million 260 thousand passengers, which is a record in the history of civil aviation of Azerbaijan.
In 2016, there were flights of 28 passenger airlines, including the national carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), to Azerbaijan's capital, which accounted for 51.3% of the passengers traveling abroad. It is reported by the press service of Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
The main flow of passengers (83.5%) accounted for international traffic.
The five top foreign airlines included Turkish Airlines, Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, Fly Dubai and Qatar Airways.
Istanbul, Moscow, Dubai and Kiev topped the list of most popular international destinations: passenger traffic to these cities was 1.37 million people last year.
In 2016, Iraqi Airways, Fly Baghdad, ATA Airlines, Air Cairo, Komiaviatrans and the Russian low-cost airline Pobeda began to fly to Baku.
The new airport terminal of the Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Terminal 1) was put into operation in April 2014. Its total area is 65 thousand sq. m. ---08D
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