Azerbaijan Airlines will start daily services from Baku to London Heathrow airport on 28 October.
The new route will be operated with an Airbus A320, the carrier says in a statement.
BMI also currently operates the Baku-Heathrow route, though its service will be transferred over to British Airways in the forthcoming winter season.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Airport operator Fraport says costs at its flagship airport in Frankfurt are hindering growth and preventing the facility from returning to its pre-Covid-19 passenger figures.
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airlines has operated the longest ARJ21 commercial flight, deploying the Comac regional jet on flights between Manado and Guangzhou.
