AZAL Azerbaijan applies for New York JFK traffic rights

AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation for traffic rights to New York JFK beginning Winter 2014.
AZAL says it will use its two A340-500s to operate the flights though given the impending arrival of two B787-8s in Summer this year, it is conceivable that they would also see service on the route. AZAL currently serves the CIS, Russia, China, Israel, Iran, and continental Europe.