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By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan is among the countries with the lowest prices on domestic and international flights, the Daily Mail reported with reference to the Kiwi.com travel service.

A new price index has revealed the countries with the cheapest and most expensive air fares in the world, though analyzing the cost of over one million flights for 75 countries around the world, working out the cost per 100km for domestic and international travel with low cost and legacy airlines.

Azerbaijan was ranked the 8th in the list of international flights charging an average of $3.02 per 100 km, while its legacy airlines cost is $6.25 per 100km.

For the domestic flights, its low cost carriers charge an average of just $6.25 per 100km while its legacy airlines charged $12.12 per 100km.

For domestic travel, India has the cheapest flights with each 100km costing just $2.34, while the offerings from the UAE, Finland and Qatar were the most expensive.

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), the national flag carrier, has one of the newest airplane fleets, consisting of 25 airplanes. Azerbaijan Airlines is a major air carrier and one of the leaders of the aviation community of the CIS countries.

Last year AZAL provided its passengers with low-cost flights. The tickets (including all dues) for these flights cost 99 euros one way if purchased through the AZAL website and the airline ticket offices.

Azerbaijani civil aviation aircraft fully meet the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and AZAL is a member of the most prestigious civil aviation association - the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

AZAL received a prestigious "4 Stars" from the leader in air transport research, the world-famous British consulting company Skytrax in June 2015. At the same time, the Azerbaijani national carrier was nominated for the award issued by Skytrax agency – the “World Airline Awards” – in the global category "World Airline that achieved most progress", taking second place.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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