Belarusian Belavia Airlines plans to launch daily flights between Minsk and Baku starting from 2020, the head of the compnay's marketing and foreing economic activity department, Ekaterina Radishchevskaya, has said during the presentation of Azerbaijan’s tourism potential in Minsk.

The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has permitted the Russian IrAero airline to make flights from three Russian cities to Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the order of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

The Russian airline Azimut has received permission from Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) to fly from Russia’s Rostov-on-Don to Baku, Trend reports referring to Russian media.

Russian airline Red Wings has launched a regular flight program to Uzbekistan on the route Moscow-Samarkand-Moscow, Trend reports with reference to the press service of the airline.

Russia’s IrAero airline opens direct flights from Baku to Rostov-on-Don and back, IrAero said in a message.

Iranian Varesh Airlines will launch direct flights on the route Mashhad-Dushanbe-Mashhad next week. Direct flights between Iran and Tajikistan will be resumed from June 6.

Travel lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy more frequent trips between Baku and Russia’s Kazan already this summer.

Direct flights from Ankara to Baku will contribute to strengthening the trade ties between the two countries, said Gursel Baran, the head of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ACC), Trend reports with reference to Turkish media.

The Smartavia airline plans to start flights to Azerbaijan in summer, said Svetlana Rodionova, Smartavia Commercial Director, Trend reports referring to Russian media.

New cities include Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vienna in Austria, Trabzon in Turkey, Batumi and Tbilisi in Georgia, and Baku in Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing Zawya.