Russian airline Pegas Fly is starting to operate flights from Moscow’s Zhukovsky International Airport to Baku from July 27.

The airline will operate regular passenger Zhukovsky-Baku flights three times per week until October 29, the airport reported.

On Thursdays, departure from Moscow to Baku will take place at 10:45 local time and the arrival in Baku is scheduled for 15:00 local time. On the same day, departure from Baku to Moscow will take place at 16:15, while the arrival in Moscow will be at 18:10 local time.

On Mondays and Saturdays, departure from Moscow is scheduled for 08:10 and arrival in Baku – for 12:25. Departure from Baku to Moscow on the same day is scheduled for 13:40 and arrival in Moscow is scheduled for 15:35.

The flights will be operated using Boeing 767 aircraft.

Baku is among the most visited  CIS cities among Russian tourists.

The increase of tourists coming from Russia to Azerbaijan is mainly related with the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe, various festivals, active promotion of the country’s tourism in the Russian market and new flights launched between the Russian and Azerbaijani cities.

Azerbaijan offers numerous must-see spots, one of which is the Shahdag Winter-Summer Tourism Complex. It was recently claimed to enter the Top 3 popular resort for mountain hiking among Russia and CIS countries, according to the tourist portal TurStat.

Over the past year, Azerbaijan received over 2 million tourists, 685,000 of whom were guests from Russia. Taking into account all mentioned above, this figure is expected to rise by the end of 2016.