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ZP
  
AZQ

Subsidiaries
  
SW Group

Website
  
silkwayairlines.com

Founded
  
2001

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SILK LINE

Destinations
  
20

Headquarters
  
Baku, Azerbaijan

Fleet size
  
19

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Hubs
  
Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Hub
  
Heydar Aliyev International Airport

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Silk Way Airlines is a cargo airline with its head office and flight operations at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. It operates freight services linking Europe and Asia, as well as services for government and non-governmental organisations.

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History

The company was founded in 2001 and started commercial flights on 6 October 2001. In early 2015 a deal was being finalised to acquire a further 3 Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft. In May 2015 the airline was announced as the launch customer for the Antonov An-178 after placing an order for 10 aircraft.

Destinations

As of April 2013, Silk Way Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Asia

Afghanistan
  • Kabul – Kabul International Airport
  • Kandahar – Kandahar International Airport
    • Azerbaijan
  • Baku – Heydar Aliyev International Airport Hub
    • China
  • Shanghai – Shanghai Pudong International Airport
  • Ürümqi – Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
    • Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong – Hong Kong International Airport
    • Georgia
  • Tbilisi – Tbilisi International Airport
    • Iran
  • Tehran - Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
    • Israel
  • Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport
    • Japan
  • Ishikawa – Komatsu Airport
    • Kazakhstan
  • Aktau – Aktau Airport
  • Aktobe – Aktobe Airport
  • Atyrau – Atyrau Airport
  • Oral – Oral Ak Zhol Airport
    • Kyrgyzstan
  • Bishkek – Manas International Airport
    • Singapore
  • Singapore – Singapore Changi Airport
    • South Korea
  • Seoul – Incheon International Airport
    • United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai – Dubai International Airport

    • Europe

    Germany
  • Hahn – Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
    • Italy
  • Milan – Malpensa Airport
    • Netherlands
  • Amsterdam – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
    • Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg – Luxembourg Findel Airport
    • Turkey
  • Istanbul – Istanbul Atatürk Airport
    • United Kingdom
  • London – London Stansted Airport

    • Road freighter service (RFS) is also provided from Baku to additional destinations in Central Asia.

    Fleet

    The Silk Way Airlines fleet consists of the following freighter aircraft (as of August 2016):

    Incidents and accidents

  • On 7 November 2002 at 11:30 local time, Silk Way Airlines Flight 4132, which was operated using an Antonov An-12 (registered 4K-AZ21) overshot the runway upon landing at N'Djamena International Airport in Chad. The aircraft was destroyed, but the six crew members on board survived.
  • On 6 July 2011 at 00:10 local time, a Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 (registered 4K-AZ55) crashed into a mountain 25 kilometers short of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, killing all of the crew of nine people on board the cargo flight from Baku, which was operating on behalf of NATO.
  • On 19 May 2016, a Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 crashed during takeoff at Dwyer Airport in southern Afghanistan, killing 7 of the 9 crew members on board the cargo flight to Mary International Airport.

    • References

    Silk Way Airlines Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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