NY-Baku flight passengers to obtain Azerbaijani visa at airport
By Amina Nazarli
Passengers flying along the NY-Baku direct route with Azerbaijani Airlines CJSC (AZAL) will be able to receive Azerbaijani visa upon their arrival at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, the website of Azerbaijani embassy in US said.
The national carrier AZAL introduced the direct flights from New York's JFK Airport to Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport twice a week which started on September 24, 2014.
The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan now provides a special arrangement to facilitate the visa process obtaining for the passengers on this flight.
The passengers will be able to obtain short stay single entry visas (up to 30 days) at the visa section of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport of Baku.
Flights to John Kennedy Airport of New York City run weekly on
Wednesdays and Saturdays departing from Baku at 06:00 and arriving
in the biggest city of North America at 09:30 local time.
The return flights are operated on the same days of the week
leaving New York at 11:30 and coming to the capital of Azerbaijan
at 08:00 next day.
The flights are operated by modern and high-end comfortable liners
Airbus-340, which are designed for travel on long-haul routes.
Soon, AZAL may increase the number of flights to the U.S, with
increasing the passenger traffic. Currently, the flights are
carried out two times in a week. But after transition to the winter
time (October 26), the number of the flights will reach three times
per week.