AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (J2, Baku Heydar Aliev International) will operate the ten B737-8s fellow Azeri carrier Silk Way Airlines (ZP, Baku Heydar Aliev International) ordered from Boeing (BOE, Washington National) during the 2016 Farnborough Air Show.

According to Turkish Cabin Interiors, the firm responsible for the aircraft's galley fitments, the maiden MAX 8 will deliver to AZAL in November 2018. The remainder of the order will deliver through late 2020.

AZAL's narrow-body fleet currently consists of three A319-100s, six A320-200s, and three B757-200s.