Silk Way West Airlines is an Azerbaijani

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with its head office and main operating base at

Heydar Aliyev 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, Azerbaijan 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 an ...

. It is a subsidiary of the Silk Way Group along with sister airline,

Silk Way Airlines Silk Way Airlines is an Azerbaijani private cargo airline with its head office and flight operations at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku. It operates freight services to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, as well as services for govern ...

which operates Il-76's.

History

Founded in 2012 in Baku, Silk Way West Airlines is the largest cargo airline in the

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region. The carrier is a part of Silk Way Group, which also includes

, and Silk Way Technics. Based at

, the airline operates around 350 monthly flights across the globe via its fleet of 12 dedicated Boeing 747-8F and 747-400F aircraft. The airline's annual cargo turnover exceeds 420,000 tons, while its growing route network covers over 40 destinations across Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Asia, and North and South America. On April 28, 2021, Silk Way West Airlines signed a strategic fleet expansion agreement with

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for five Boeing 777 Freighters. Two more

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were received in March 2022. On 28 June 2022, Silkway West also signed an agreement with

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for 2

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freighter aircraft, with an expected entry into service in 2027. The aircraft are registered in

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Destinations

Silk Way West Airlines operates cargo flights to 45 destinations in

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and North America. In October 2018, the company announced it would launch a twice-weekly freighter service from its hub in Baku to

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in China.

Fleet

As of December 2022, Silk Way West Airlines operates the following aircraft: The additional fleet of Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft is operated by sister company

References

External links

Official Website
{{Airlines of Azerbaijan Airlines of Azerbaijan Airlines established in 2012 Cargo airlines