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However, Azerbaijan benefits indirectly from the sanctions imposed on Russia by western and same Asian states. Evidenced by state-owned freight carrier, Silkway West Airlines, whose transport orders are going through the roof.

The unblocking of transport corridors will both open up a lot of considerable financial opportunities and contribute to long-term peace in the South Caucasus region.

While the volume of East-West and West-East cargo passing through the Caspian is expected to increase, it is unclear if the volume will expand enough for future Indexes to include the Azerbaijani Port.

Washington is vigilantly monitoring everything that is happening in the South Caucasus after the 44-day war - and this is just one conclusion from the conversation between US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Azerbaijan Airlines has started ticket sales for flights to Indian New Delhi from Heydar Aliyev International Airport from 9 August.

Azerbaijan Airlines has signed a preliminary deal with Boeing to acquire a further four 787-8s.

Russia is willing to build the Iranian section of the railroad that will open the route from St. Petersburg to the Persian Gulf, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists in Tehran.

Some work in this area has already been done, and the short-term development concept for these routes has been submitted to the government of Azerbaijan.

Rapidly changing geopolitical realities in the Eurasian space have played the role of a trigger, strengthening transport cooperation of Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, increasing the volume of transshipment of cargo along the Trans-Caspian route.

The leaders of the five Caspian littoral states, participated in a summit meeting in the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat on Wednesday (29 June). The Caspian “five” are Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.

The foreign and transport ministers of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey convened in Baku to explore ways to boost cooperation in logistics and energy as well as to discuss the regional and international agenda in light of the ongoing geo-political changes occuring in the region, reports the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.

Silk Way West Airlines based in Baku, Azerbaijan has signed a purchase agreement for two A350F. This is the first order from the Caspian region for this aircraft type. 

After implementing a number of trans-Eurasian energy and logistics mega-projects, such as the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline, Southern Gas Corridor and Trans-Caspian International Transportation Route, Azerbaijan has also strategically committed itself to policies designed to turn the South Caucasus country into a regional digital hub.

Silk Way West Airlines is looking to further grow its fleet and expand its network coverage as it marks its 10th year in operation.

Azerbaijan Airlines’ (Azal) said that its daily Baku-Dubai flights will now be serviced by its more advanced wide body Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Boeing 767-300/300ER aircraft.

ADY Container, the Azerbaijani railway company, has added a second vessel to ship cargo across the Black Sea. The vessel sails between the Georgian Port of Batumi and the Romanian port of Constanta and will increase capacity on the Middle Corridor.

On average, 294 wagons were loaded and 371 unloaded per day.

On June 3, the Georgian Ministries of Internal Affairs and Finance announced that all employees of the Border and Customs Department would begin operating each of the country’s physical border checkpoints continuously, in emergency mode, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China-Europe cargo transport is shifting to the south, but infrastructure in the Caucasus is still relatively underdeveloped.

Timing is everything, and sometimes you just get things right. That must be the feeling in Azerbaijan these days, where the expansion of the free-trade zone at Alat is on schedule to be completed in July.

LOT Polish Airlines has launched a new connection from Warsaw, which started on May 27. Onboard the national carrier’s aircraft we can now fly to the largest city in the Caucasus – Baku.

The Russo-Ukrainian war has had a direct impact on the status of the various China–Central Asia–Russia–Europe transit corridors that traverse Eurasia.

Kazakhstan and the Caucasus nations are looking at the Trans-Caspian transportation corridor with renewed vigor given the war in Ukraine.

Russia's war against Ukraine prompted international logistics companies shipping goods from China to Europe to pay increasingly more attention to the transport corridor through Azerbaijan.