Austrian Airlines intends to resume flights to Azerbaijan

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

Austrian Airlines intends to resume flights to Baku, said the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.

He made the remarks at the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, U.S.

Kurz noted that Azerbaijan benefits a favorable business atmosphere and Austrian companies are interested in investing in the country.

The Austrian Foreign Minister said also that during its chairmanship at the OSCE in 2017, his country will make efforts to settle the existing conflicts, including the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The chairmanship at the OSCE will pass to Austria in January 2017.

Kurz expressed his intention to visit Azerbaijan as the future OSCE chairperson-in-office and to discuss the issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the Azerbaijani side.

The meeting highlighted favorable opportunities for expanding of the Azerbaijani-Austrian political dialogue and economic cooperation.

Austrian Airlines has stopped flights to Azerbaijan in December 2015, in times when the national currency of Azerbaijan faced the devaluation process.

The company had noted that the reason of the suspension of flights was the reduction in demand and reduction of the number of passengers. The flights were carried out on the route Vienna-Baku-Vienna. The last flight was made on January 11.