OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2009. Constant air communication with Azerbaijan launched on 29 March by Kazakhstan’s airline Air Astana has paid for itself.

Kazakh ambassador Serik Primbetov to Azerbaijan said that today this flight is enjoying wide popularity.

The planes fly fully loaded, despite the fact that when this flight was commissioned number of Almaty-Baku flight passengers did not exceed 20 persons that caused concern of the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan. But for a short period this flight could justify itself,” Primbetov said.

Comfortable airliner Airbus А320 (16 business and 132 economy class seats) carries out Almaty-Baku-Almaty flights twice a week (on Wednesdays and Sundays).

One-way ticket from Baku, including airport duties, costs AZN 237 (economy class) and starting from AZN 385 (business class), while return-ticket AZN 466 and AZN 749 respectively. Flight time is 3 hours 5 minutes.