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By Rashid Shirinov

Another Russian air carrier has received permission for operating flights to Azerbaijan. The airline NordStar was granted the permission to Samara-Baku regular passenger flights with a frequency of once a week.

This is indicated in the protocol of the interdepartmental commission on the admission of air carriers to perform international transportation of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya).

NordStar is a Russian airline that takes its place among the 15 largest airlines of Russia. The air carrier, having headquarters in the city of Norilsk, operated its first flight in June 2009. The airline’s fleet consists of nine Boeing 737–800 jets, which are equipped with business and economy classes, as well as four ATR 42-500s for regional services.

Currently, Russian airlines such as Aeroflot, NordStar, Ural Airlines, UTair, IrAero and S7 Airlines are implementing flight to Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan offers numerous must-see spots, one of which is the Shahdag Winter-Summer Tourism Complex. It was recently claimed to enter the Top 3 popular resort for mountain hiking among Russia and CIS countries, according to the tourist portal TurStat.

Over the past year, Azerbaijan received over 2 million tourists, 685,000 of whom were guests from Russia. Taking into account all mentioned above, this figure is expected to rise by the end of 2016.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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