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By Amina Nazarli

Three Russian airlines got a permission to carry out flights to Azerbaijan, according to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.

Komiaviatrans, Taymir and UTair will fly to the Land of Fire in two directions.

Taymir will perform regular flights on the Kazan-Baku route once per week, while Komiaviatrans will fly from Yekaterinburg to Azerbaijan’s southern region of Lankaran twice a week.

UTair Airlines was issued a permission to introduce flights to capital city Baku. In late 2015, was prohibited to fly to Azerbaijan. Now, the company will conduct flights on Kazan-Baku route for times a week.

Also, the duration of admission without restrictions period has been extended for UTair Airlines UTair to perform flights on Moscow-Baku route seven times a week, Moscow-Gabala, Moscow-Ganja five times a week, Moscow-Lankaran three times a week, Moscow-Nakhchivan (twice a week), Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansiysk-Baku twice a week, Surgut -Baku three times a week, Surgut-Lankaran once a week, as well as the Tyumen-Baku twice a week.

Ural Airlines also got permission to extend duration on Saint Petersburg-Ganja route twice a week.

Currently, Azerbaijan's six airports - in Baku, Nakhchivan, Ganja, Gabala, Lankaran and Zagatala have the international status and meet all modern requirements in the field of civil aviation work.

Azerbaijan has always been among one of the most popular places for trips for Russian tourists and businessmen. The flow of Russian tourists to Azerbaijan remains to be very impressive, which can be proved by the fact that Baku is among Top 10 destinations for Russian tourists, according to a Russian travel website.

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

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