OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV ARRIVES IN GANJA
The Head of State attended the opening ceremony of the Ganja International Airport.
The $39.5 million-project to overhaul the old airport and renovate the old-fashioned Soviet-period equipment, employed 1,500 people.
The 3,300 meter-length runway will allow such aircrafts as Airbus A-319 and Antonov AN-140 to fly to Moscow, Saint-Petersburg Kiev, Baku, Nakhchivan, Tabriz, Qars, Rostov, Volgograd and Mineralnye vodi.
The airport will also be used as a transit for aircrafts of the Azerbaijani and foreign airlines operating flights to European and Asian destinations.
President Ilham Aliyev was also awarded the honorary order “Ganja 2500” for his contribution to the development of Ganja. The order was instituted by the Executive Power of Ganja.
Then, President Эlham Aliyev attended the inauguration of the swimming pool in the Ganja Olympic Complex.
Azerbaijani Leader visited the monument to Heydar Aliyev located in the central square of Ganja, and got familiarized with the reconstruction works here.
President Ilham Aliyev also attended the opening of Jardin Royal chocolate factory.