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| Founded | 7 April 1992 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | AZAL Miles | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 32 | ||||||
| Destinations | 55[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Azerbaijan | ||||||
| Headquarters | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||
| Key people | Samir Rzayev (President) | ||||||
| Revenue |  AZN 1.149 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Operating income | AZN 258 million (2022) | ||||||
| Net income | AZN 110 million (2022) | ||||||
| Total assets | AZN 2.241 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Total equity |  AZN 772 million (2022) | ||||||
| Employees | 7,000 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Azerbaijan Airlines (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hava Yolları), also known as AZAL, is the flag carrier and largest airline of the country of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the CIS, and Europe. Azerbaijan Airlines is a member of the International Air Transport Association.
The airline was founded on 7 April 1992 as the first national airline established after the country gained its independence. The state-owned company was privatized in the 2000s, during which ownership of the company's assets ended up in the hands of companies owned by family members of Azerbaijani political elites, including President Ilham Aliyev's daughter Arzu Aliyeva.[2]
- ^ "AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Asadzade, Ulviyye; Ismayilova, Khadija (13 August 2010). "Aliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.