AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (J2, Baku Heydar Aliev International) will soon take delivery of its first B777-200(LR) which will be used as a VIP government transport, photos of the jet seen by ch-aviation have revealed.
4K-AZ01, which has already been painted in AZAL's standard livery, will be the first B777-200(LR) delivered in around five years. According to the ch-aviation fleets module, Boeing has produced just 59 units of the type, the last of which, P4-SKN (msn 60116), was delivered to the Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial (GGE, Malabo) in December 2014.
The largest operators of the B777-200(LR) are Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and Emirates (EK, Dubai International) with ten units each. Other operators include Qatar Airways, Air Canada, Ethiopian Airlines, Air India, Turkmenistan Airlines, PIA - Pakistan International Airlines, Aviation Link, Comlux Aruba, Iraqi Airways, and White.
For its part, AZAL already operates a sizeable VIP fleet including one A319-100ACJ, one A320-200ACJ, one A340-600ACJ, and one B767-300(ER). The carrier also operates three A319-100s, six A320-200s, two A340-500s, three B757-200s, three B767-300(ER)s, two B787-8s, and eight E190(AR)s (operated by its low-cost division Buta Airways).
- Airbus A319
- Airbus A340-500
- Airbus A340-600
- Boeing 757-200
- Boeing 767-300
- Boeing 777-200(LR)
- Boeing 787-8
- Embraer E190
- Dubai International
- Aruba
- Baku Heydar Aliev International
- Montréal Trudeau
- Addis Ababa International
- Malabo
- Mumbai International
- Baghdad
- Lisbon
- Jeddah International
- Ashgabat
- Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson
- Washington National
- Doha Hamad International
- Islamabad International
- Air Canada
- Air India
- Boeing
- Comlux Aruba
- Delta Air Lines
- Emirates
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Iraqi Airways
- AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines
- Buta Airways
- Aviation Link
- PIA - Pakistan International Airlines
- Qatar Airways
- Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial
- Turkmenistan Airlines
- White
- Low-Cost Carriers
- Aircraft Type Induction
- Business Models
- B787 Delivery Issues