Hello aviation lovers. The time has come for my journey. I'm flying to India and Thailand. First flight Tel Aviv - Baku. There are no direct flights to India from Israel, there were before, so I am flying with a transfer to Baku. I bought a ticket a couple of days before departure, this is how the circumstances developed.
I arrived at Tel Aviv airport by train from Netanya, where I live. The trains to the airport are fine, they run frequently. But from Friday lunchtime to Saturday evening there are no trains, so only taxis.
The flight was on 12/14/2025 at 10 pm.
I checked in in two hours. Security check, passport control...I bought a bottle of wine at duty free, there was a 24-hour layover in Baku, so you can have a nice drink at the hotel in the evening.
AZAL Airlines is the national carrier of Azerbaijan, base airport is Baku. The geography of flight destinations is very extensive, the fleet of aircraft is diverse.
A Boeing 787, aka a dream airliner, was announced for the flight Tel Aviv-Baku. AZAL has 2 B 787s.
They called us to board.
On the plane, as I understand it, there was first class, I didn’t take a photo.
Business class.
Economy class.
The layout of the seats in economy is 3-3-3.
I got an aisle seat, next to me sat two Muslims, my husband and probably his wife.
There was an entertainment system in the seats, but at first they only played some advertisements...
The load was almost full.
We took off on time. We took off towards the Mediterranean Sea, turned right, and headed towards Turkey.
An accident happened during the flight, the woman felt bad, the flight attendants ran in, but they got us out.
The worst thing on this flight was the children... Israeli children... everything is sad with them, they yell, make faces....
Why are they flying to Baku...
Service began, first they served food to those who ordered in advance, including kosher.
Dinner was wonderful, hot food, salad, iron utensils, a wet napkin, well, everything was as it should be. I took red wine.
The entertainment system started working, I watched the flight map, altitude and speed.
The flight from Tel Aviv to Baku takes two and a half hours. By the way, now in addition to AZAL, both Arkia and Izrair fly to Baku.
The flight was calm, there was no bumpiness, but Israeli children are a nightmare.
AZAL showed a good level of service passengers.
Ahead was Baku airport, passport control and a trip to the hotel. Oh yes, the city of Baku is nice, although it’s cold there in December, I forgot about that and didn’t take warm clothes. The next day I flew to Delhi, but more on that later.
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