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AZAL, the biggest Azerbaijani airline and national flag carrier, within the AITF-2016 Tourism Fair, which is underway in Baku, reached an agreement on long-term cooperation with Tour A Vent, which is official representative of the Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Ministry in Russia.

Under the agreement, a block of seats on Kazan-Baku-Kazan regular flight, operated by AZAL, will be allocated to the tour operator.

In addition, the Airline and tour operator agreed on charter flights from Ulyanovsk Airport to Baku. The flights will be operated by Embraer or Airbus airplanes.

"I am very pleased that our negotiations in the Russian regions have started to give specific results. AZAL is ready to provide good conditions for foreign tour operators in order to attract tourists to Azerbaijan," Vice-President of CJSC AZAL, Eldar Hajiyev said.

"The main goal of our company is to promote and encourage the Azerbaijani tourism. Azerbaijan Airlines operate regular flights to many different regions of Russia and I am sure that our close cooperation will be long-term," Director General of Volga branch of Tour A Vent, Yulia Uba said.

Azerbaijan Airlines is a major air carrier and one of the leaders of the aviation community of CIS countries. AZAL with the newest airplane fleets, consisting of 25 airplanes, does not have a single old plane.

The total route network of AZAL, one of the aviation community leaders in the CIS area, includes 40 destinations in 19 countries.

Being an important member of the International Civil Aviation Organization Council, for its services AZAL received a prestigious "4 Stars" from the leader in air transport research, the world-famous British consulting company Skytrax last June.

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