Air Arabia to operate flights to Baku

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier plans to launch direct flights from country’s third largest city Sharjah to Baku, Gabala and other regions of Azerbaijan in 2017. Starting March 23, 2017, the airline will operate four weekly flights from its primary Sharjah International Airport hub.

On Thursdays and Sundays, the flight will depart from Sharjah at 7.55am and arrive at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku at 10.50am local time, with the return flight scheduled from Baku at 11.30am destined to reach Sharjah at 2.10pm local time. While on Tuesdays and Saturdays, the flight will depart from Sharjah at 2.55pm to land in Baku at 5.50pm local time, and make its return journey starting 6.50pm at Baku and land at Sharjah International Airport at 9.30pm local time.

Adel Al Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer of Air Arabia, said: “Baku offers an exciting proposition as a gateway to witness the confluence of history and modern urbanism. By adding this emerging destination to our growing network, Air Arabia will facilitate greater trade and tourism between the two countries. We thank the local authorities in Azerbaijan for all their efforts and cooperation leading to the launch of the new service connecting Sharjah and Baku”.

There are more other good news for Azerbaijan, as Recently, representatives of El Al Israel Airlines have visited Azerbaijan for carrying out an audit in the field of aviation safety at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport. The Israeli airlines announced plans to launch direct flights from Tel Aviv to Baku operated together with another Israeli carrier, Arkia.

Furthermore, the Russian UTair and Ural Airlines held audits at the airports of Baku, Lankaran and Ganja. Following the results of the audits, they highly appreciated the level of the aviation safety organization and commercial flights service.