First direct cargo link between Baku and Tokyo
Two months after celebrating the third anniversary of its operations to Osaka, Silk Way West Airlines is starting another service to Japan, with twice-weekly flights between Baku and Tokyo NRT, taking off today, 11 February 2021.
Based on an agreement signed between Silk Way West Airlines and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), the partners will operate a code-share service connecting both hubs.
Zaur Akhundov, president of the Silk Way Group: "We are delighted that the geographic reach of our regular flight network continues to expand and now fully covers North Asia."
NCA president Hitoshi Oshika: "We believe that these flights will greatly contribute to the strengthening and development of bilateral economic and political relations between Azerbaijan and Japan." (ah)