POLITICS
AZAL OPENS NEW AIR ROUTE
In the “Kavkazskiye Mineralniye Vodi” /Caucasian Mineral Waters/ airport the aircraft was met with bread and salt by representatives of the town’s administration, Public Corporation “Aeroflot”, Air Company “Kavkazskiye Mineralniye Vodi”, “Azerbaijan Hava Yollari” in Russia as well as heads of regional health centers.
The ceremony was continued at the building of the airport. Speakers noted the importance of the opening of the new flight and expanding air communications in Russia-Azerbaijan relationship, stressing that friendship between the two countries is successfully developing thanks to Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Vladimir Putin of Russia. They also expressed confidence that the new flight would create favorable conditions for Azerbaijanis to have a rest at the health centers in the Northern Russia, and that AZAL’s Russian office would do its best to open routes between the towns of the region and Azerbaijan.
For the moment, the AZAL-owned aircraft “Tu-134”will carry passengers to Mineralniye Vodi and back every Wednesday for $130 /one way/ or $230 /return/.