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By Nazrin Gadimova

Both old and new air terminal complexes at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport will be used for conducting international and domestic flights, AZAL Spokesman Maharram Safarli said on April 24.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of the terminal complexes of the Heydar Aliyev International Airport on April 23.

The terminal complexes have all the necessary conditions to provide the passengers with maximum convenience. There are numerous cafes, restaurants, business halls, interactive kiosks and a children playground.

The halls are equipped with over 2,000 chairs, 40 registration desks, 30 escalators and 21 elevators. Outside the terminals' buildings there are telescopic boarding ramps, which can serve 12 aircraft simultaneously, including the world's largest passenger aircraft Airbus A380.

The new terminal complexes have also a car park for 750 cars and driveways to it.

Safarli said both air terminal complexes will be functioning soon and flights abroad and inside Azerbaijan will be conducted from these terminals.

"The air terminal complexes are already starting its operations and will serve planes carrying out both domestic and international flights," Safarli added.

Thus, Baku-Ankara and Baku-Moscow flights started at the new air terminals on April 24. Currently, flights to 33 airports of 15 countries are carried out from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

The regular domestic flights are conducted to the cities of Nakhchivan, Ganja, Gabala, while charter flights go to the cities of Zagatala and Lankaran.

A total of 2,857,000 passengers were transported from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport to different destinations and back in 2013.