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Country Guide > Asia > Azerbaijan | |
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Travel - International Note Travel to Nagorno-Karabakh, and to the militarily-occupied area around it, is advised against. For further advice, visitors should contact their local government travel advice department. Political rallies or a public gathering of a political nature should be avoided. Air The national airline is Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) (J2), which operates regular flights to Ankara, London (via Istanbul), Kiev, Dubai, Tehran and Tel Aviv. Other airlines serving Azerbaijan include Aeroflot, British Airways, Imair, Iran Air, Lufthansa, SAS, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines. Flights into Baku from Moscow and St Petersburg are subject to frequent delays and cancellations. International airports Baku Bina (BAK) is 25km (16 miles) east of Baku (travel time – 40 minutes). Taxis and buses are available to the centre. Taxis usually cost AM40,000 (¬10). Aiport facilities include car hire, bank/bureau de change, left luggage facilities and a VIP lounge. Departure tax None. Sea Shipping services from Baku across the Caspian Sea sail regularly to Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan and to Bandar Anzali and Bandar Nowshar in Iran. Winter storms may disrupt these services. Rail Azerbaijan is connected with Tbilisi in Georgia and Makhachkala in Dagestan (Russian Federation), as well as Moscow and other major cities in the CIS. There is a railway connecting the autonomous republic of Nakhichevan with Tabriz in Iran but there are not yet any connections to the main part of Azerbaijan. Rail travel is slow, and there have been reports of robbery by bandits on some routes. Road There are routes from Azerbaijan to Iran, Georgia and the Russian Federation. It may be quicker to use public transport than to drive, owing to lengthy delays at the borders. Bus: There are regular services on the following routes: Baku–Tehran, Baku–Tblisi and Baku–Derbent (Russian Federation). |