✈️ International business jet arrivals at Baku come from a wide range of countries, with Turkey leading
Turkey, the largest source country for international-origin business jet arrivals at Baku UBBB, accounts for only a portion of the total. According to Avi-Go data, from September 18 to October 10, 2026, business jets departing from countries other than Azerbaijan made 277 landings at UBBB, counting each landing as one movement. Turkey led with 33 landings, followed by the United Kingdom and Spain with 18 each, France with 17, and India with 14. These five source countries accounted for 100 landings combined; the remaining 177 came from other countries. The ranking reflects the arrival mix over the 23-day period through October 10, 2026, not the full-year pattern of source countries.
Impact: Although Turkey ranked first, its 33 landings represented only about 12% of international-origin landings during the period. For UBBB ground handlers, arranging cross-border arrival services solely around Turkey would leave most arrivals in this window outside that planning focus. Arrivals from the United Kingdom, Spain, France, and India also merit inclusion in routine service preparations; no single source country should be treated as the primary basis for planning.
Recommendation: UBBB ground handlers can use this 23-day source-country breakdown to inform near-term staffing and arrival-service preparations, while adjusting personnel and service arrangements daily based on actual arrival information. It is worth tracking Turkey’s movements over a longer period and whether the combined volume from other source countries remains higher than that of the largest individual source country. Until then, Turkey’s 33 landings alone do not justify expanding ground-handling capacity dedicated to that single source country.