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New vice president appointed at AZAL

1 October 2015 09:36 (UTC+04:00)
New vice president appointed at AZAL

Eldar Hajiyev has been appointed vice-president of Azerbaijan Airlines upon Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s decree.

Currently, Hajiyev also holds the position of the executive director of AZAL passenger airline as part of the company.

Hajiyev, having extensive experience in the field of civil aviation, has been working in this field since February 1984.

Azerbaijan Airlines is a major air carrier and one of the leaders of the aviation community of the CIS countries. Total route network of the airline is 40 destinations in 19 countries. Azerbaijan Airlines transported more than 1.8 million passengers in 2014.

Azerbaijani civil aviation aircraft fully meets 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, world-famous British consulting company Skytrax in June 2015. At the same time, Azerbaijani national carrier was nominated for the award established by Skytrax agency – the “World Airline Awards” in the global category "World Airline that achieved most progress", taking its second place of honor.

The company has one of the newest airplane fleet that consists of 25 airplanes. AZAL headquarters is in Baku, at Heydar Aliyev International Airport that meets international standards.

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