10:58 - 5.09.2025

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September 5, Fineko/abc.az. Despite that in January-June 2025, Azerbaijan recorded an increase in passenger transportation in the transport sector, the situation is different in taxis.

As ABC.AZ reports with reference to the State Statistics Committee, in the reporting period, 1.18 billion passengers were transported by vehicles, which is 5.3% more than the same indicator last year. Passenger turnover increased by 7.2%, amounting to 19.4 billion passenger-kilometers.

The largest increase was observed in bus transportation. The number of passengers transported by buses increased by 6.5% year-on-year to 861 million people, and passenger turnover by 8.9% to 13.3 billion passenger-km.

Along with this, passenger transportation of private entrepreneurs by road transport also demonstrated positive dynamics. They transported 441.8 million passengers, which is 5.9% more than last year. However, against the background of overall growth, there was a decrease in taxi fleets, especially taxis operated by private entrepreneurs. In the first six months of 2025, taxis transported 39.8 million passengers, which is 0.6% less than a year ago. Of these, 21.8 million were transported by taxis of private entrepreneurs, which is 1.2% less than in the same period last year. In terms of passenger turnover, there was also a lag in taxis of private entrepreneurs - 471.1 million passenger-km (-1.4%).