Azerbaijan Airlines
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| Founded | 7 April 1992 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | AZAL Miles | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 35 | ||||||
| Destinations | 54 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government of Azerbaijan via AZCON Holding | ||||||
| Headquarters | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||
| Key people | Samir Rzayev (President) | ||||||
| Revenue | AZN 1.149 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Operating income | AZN 258 million (2022) | ||||||
| Net income | AZN 110 million (2022) | ||||||
| Total assets | AZN 2.241 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Total equity | AZN 772 million (2022) | ||||||
| Employees | 7,011 | ||||||
| Website | azal.az | ||||||
Azerbaijan Airlines (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hava Yolları), also known as AZAL, is the national flag carrier and largest airline of Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, adjacent to Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the carrier operates to destinations across Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Europe.
The airline was founded on 7 April 1992 as the first national airline established after the country gained 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.