Azerbaijan Airlines

Azerbaijan Airlines
Founded	7 April 1992
Hubs	Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Focus cities	Ganja; Nakhchivan; Qabala;
Frequent-flyer program	AZAL Miles
Subsidiaries	Azal Avia Cargo; Buta Airways;
Fleet size	32
Destinations	55
Parent company	Government of Azerbaijan
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan
Key people	Samir Rzayev (President)
Employees	7,000
Website	www.azal.az/en/

Azerbaijan Airlines (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hava Yolları), also known as AZAL, is the flag carrier and largest airline of the country of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the CIS, Europe and the USA. Azerbaijan Airlines is a member of the International Air Transport Association.

The airline was founded on 7 April 1992 as the first national airline established after the country gained its independence. The state-owned company was privatized in the 2000s, during which ownership of the company's assets ended up in the hands of companies owned by family members of Azerbaijani political elites, including President Ilham Aliyev's daughter Arzu Aliyeva.^[2]

^ "AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ Asadzade, Ulviyye; Ismayilova, Khadija (13 August 2010). "Aliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

[1] "AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[2] Asadzade, Ulviyye; Ismayilova, Khadija (13 August 2010). "Aliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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