Azal Avia Cargo (Cargo Airline of the State Concern Azərbaycan Hava Yolları
Azerbaijan Airlines) is a
cargo airline based in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
,
Azerbaijan. It operates scheduled and charter cargo services within Azerbaijan and to other
CIS countries. Its main base is
Heydar Aliev International Airport
Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of ...
, Baku.
[ Flight International, Directory:World Airlines, p.83, 27 March 2007]
History
The airline was established in 1996 and is wholly owned by
Azerbaijan Airlines.
Fleet
The Azal Avia Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):
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Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...
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Antonov An-26B
The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twins ...
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Ilyushin Il-76TD
Previously operated
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Antonov An-32 (at August 2006)
[ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006]
See also
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List of Azerbaijani companies
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Baku Cargo Terminal
References
Airlines of Azerbaijan
Airlines established in 1996
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