Azerbaijan Aviation
Key airport information may also be found at: World Aero Data Information on Azerbaijan
In 1923, Azerbaijan established the Transcaucasian Civil
Aviation Joint Stock Company “ZAKAVIA”, and on June 2, 1938, the
first air group was established in Azerbaijan. This date in 2006,
was declared Day of Civil Aviation of Azerbaijan according to
relevant decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev.
Today eleven regions of the country are connected by air with Baku.
Over the past 20 years in the country's civil aviation has been
invested over 200 million USD. This allowed to provide its fleet
with modern aircrafts «Boeing-757”, to modernize air navigation
system, to establish the system of training for twenty respective
specialties, built in Baku and put into commission a modern
international airport serving the aircrafts of more than sixty
airlines. Currently airports awarded international status have
built in five regional centres of the country.
In Baku Cargo Terminal (BCT) which was completed in 2005, and
operating as a transit point, has been provided with all the
conditions for the receipt of goods shipped from west to east and
from north to south. State organization in the management and
regulation of civil aviation is the Civil Aviation Administration
of Azerbaijan.
Civil Aviation:
State Civil Aviation of Republic of Azerbaijan was established
by the Decree № 512 of the President of the Republic Azerbaijan
dated 29 December 2006 and is the central executive body,
exercising control, state policy and regulation in the sphere of
civil aviation. The total number of employees of the Administration
is determined as 49 persons. Expenditures for maintenance and
activities of the Administration are financed from the state budget
of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Administration is headed by a director appointed and dismissed
by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Two Deputy
Directors carry out their duties and have personal responsibility.
From 2008 to 2013 Mr. Arif Mammadov successfully directed the
activities of the Administration. Director of the State Civil
Aviation Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan from February
13, 2013 is Mr. Fuad Guliyev.
The administration consists of five departments:
- Flight Safety Oversight Department;
- Aviation Security Department;
- Licensing and State Registry Department;
- Foreign Relations Department;
- Financial and Economic Department.
For information on Azerbaijan Civil Aviation, please see the following documents:
Azerbaijan Civil Aviation Board Information
Azerbaijan Civil Aviation Board Structure
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