Batumi International Airport welcomes new flights from Russia, Israel
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Batumi International Airport in Georgia’s west coast is welcoming new airlines and new flight routes, offering new destinations and a better service for travellers in Georgia.
Two new airlines touched down in Batumi today for the first time; one coming from Russia and the other from Israel.
The airport, operated by TAV Georgia, today welcomed the first Tel Aviv-Batumi flight by El Al Israel Airlines.
Direct flights from Tel Aviv to Batumi International Airport will be performed three times per week on Monday, Thursday and Friday on Boeing-737, Boeing-757 and Airbus A-320 aircrafts.
TAV Georgia stated El Al Israel Airlines would launch flights between Tbilisi International Airport and Tel-Aviv on May 31.
Russia’s Ural Airlines carried out its debut flight from St. Petersburg, Russia to Batumi, Georgia today. Photo by TAV Georgia.
Also today the Russia’s Ural Airlines carried out its debut flight from St. Petersburg to Batumi.
Direct flights from Batumi International Airport to St. Petersburg will be carried out twice per week, on Friday and Monday on A-320 and A-321 aircrafts, said TAV Georgia on its website.
The company also announced Ural Airlines would begin flying from Batumi to Samara – the sixth largest city in Russia – from June 7 this year.
Ural Airlines started operating out of Batumi International Airport last year with direct flights to Moscow.
Both Tbilisi and Batumi International Airports are operated by TAV Georgia, a daughter company of Turkish TAV Airports Holding.
A local airline and two international carriers are adding new flights and increasing the frequency of existing flights to Georgia this summer.
Gulf Air, the principal flag carrier of Bahrain, is eyeing up direct flights to Georgia.
A new Chinese airline could soon make history by launching regular flights between Georgia and the United States (US). This was announced after Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met a major Chinese investor in Tbilisi this afternoon.
Four new airlines are coming to Batumi International Airport, located on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline, to offer more flights and fresh routes this summer.
More flights will soon be arriving and departing from Georgia’s second largest airport, Kutaisi International Airport.
The flag carrier of Israel, El Al Israel Airlines, plans to launch regular flights between Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Black Sea resort town Batumi and Tel Aviv, Israel’s second largest city.
Georgia is trying to attract more tourists by signing a cooperation agreement with the world’s largest travel website. Georgia’s National Tourism Administration today penned a deal with TripAdvisor, a popular travel internet portal enabling travellers to plan and book their trips.
China Southern Airlines, a major Chinese airline, will begin regular flights from September 22, 2016 to stimulate bilateral tourism ties and increase the number of visitors between the countries. The flights will be between Beijing-Urumqi-Tbilisi.
With the summer aviation season now in full swing, more flights from a wide variety of airlines are flying into and out of the country.
Travelling between Georgia and Turkmenistan will become easier thanks to new direct flights linking the two capital cities from September this year.
Low-cost airline Air Arabia from the United Arab Emirates is coming to Batumi International Airport, located on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline, to offer more flights and fresh routes this summer.
Seven new airlines are coming to Batumi International Airport, located on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline, to offer more flights and fresh routes this summer.
Georgia’s air market is growing, welcoming new players and offering new flight directions.
Travelling between Georgia and Turkmenistan will become easier thanks to new direct flights linking the two capital cities from September this year.
Batumi International Airport on Georgia’s Black Sea coast is one of the fastest growing smaller airports in Europe, latest figures show.
Russian Air Company Ural Airlines plans to carry out direct flights from the Russian town of St. Petersburg to Georgia’s western town of Kutaisi.