Silk Way West Airlines, the leading cargo airline in the Caspian
and Central Asian region, announces that it has been recognized by
the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a CEIV
Lithium Batteries Certified company.
Silk Way West Airlines is committed to staying at the forefront
of industry regulations and implementing all necessary measures to
safeguard its operations. The CEIV Lithium Batteries Certification
further enhances the airline’s capabilities and reinforces the
confidence of its customers, stakeholders and industry partners.
This certification recognizes that Silk Way West Airlines has
implemented robust processes and best practices to mitigate
relevant risks and comply with stringent requirements.
The CEIV Lithium Batteries Certification is a global standard
developed by IATA to ensure the safe and secure handling of lithium
batteries throughout the supply chain, and to achieve
standardization and uniformity in the scope, depth, and quality of
the assessments conducted.
“Our team have successfully passed all stages of certification
and today we can proudly say that IATA recognizes Silk Way West
Airlines’ lithium battery handling and transport program as
applied,” said Darko Vucic, Vice President, Corporate Quality
Assurance & Quality Control, QMS of Silk Way West Airlines. “We
upgraded our knowledge of IATA’s DGR manual implementing the latest
standards and best practices related to the safe transport and
handling of lithium batteries with further improvement of our
safety performance by developing safety risk assessments specific
to lithium batteries. The benefit for us, besides procedural
improvements regarding the transport of lithium batteries, is to
ensure that we continue to maintain the highest applicable”.
Founded in 2012 in Baku, at the heart of the Silk Road, Silk
Way West Airlines operates hundreds of flights every month across
the globe via its fleet of 12 dedicated Boeing 747-8F and 747-400F
aircraft based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. On April 28,
2021, Silk Way West Airlines signed a strategic fleet expansion
agreement with Boeing for the purchase of five new 777 Freighters,
followed by a further agreement signed on November 10, 2022
for the purchase of two state-of-the-art 777-8
Freighters. Silk Way West Airlines also agreed the purchase of two
A350 Freighters with Airbus on June 28, 2022.
The airline’s annual cargo turnover exceeds 500,000 tons,
while its growing route network covers over 40 destinations across
Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Asia, and the
Americas.
For more information on Silk Way West Airlines and its services,
please visit www.silkwaywest.com.
