The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Air Traffic Control Department (ATC) of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZANS) have started joint work on the development and implementation of the National Airspace Strategy (NAS), the Azerbaijani media report with reference to AZAL.

According to IATA, Azerbaijan is expected to increase the demand for air passenger traffic by 80% within the next two decades. In accordance with this, the volume of air traffic will grow at the same pace. For example, even today there is a high growth rate of transit traffic in the airspace of Azerbaijan.

Meeting the growing demand for air transportation while ensuring flight safety, cost management, reducing CO2 emissions and costs requires Azerbaijan to further modernize its airspace structure and air traffic control system.