Russia increases number of flights to Azerbaijan

By Amina Nazarli - AzerNews 

Four airlines of Russia were allowed to operate flights to Azerbaijan on 14 different routes, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency reported on October 21.

Russia’s Yamal Airlines got a permit to operate regular passenger flights on 10 routes, each flight being operated twice a week.

Those flights are Kazan-Baku, Moscow-Lankaran, St. Petersburg-Lankaran, Ufa-Baku, Chelyabinsk-Baku, Perm-Baku, Sochi-Baku, Samara-Baku, Krasnoyarsk-Ganja, and Nizhniy Novgorod-Baku.

Taimyr Air Company got a permit to perform flights on the Moscow-Zagatala, Moscow- Gabala and Moscow-Lankaran routes. The flight will be operated using Boeing 737 planes three times a week.

Komiaviatrans received a permit to operate flights on the Kaluga-Baku, Samara-Baku and Nizhniy Novgorod-Baku routes once a week using the Embraer ERJ 145 planes.

Ural Airlines were permitted to operate flights on the Kazan-Baku route five times a week.