Seven new airlines begin flights to Black Sea town Batumi
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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.
Scat Airlines and Skybus from Kazakhstan, EL AL Israel Airlines and Israir Airlines from Israel, Air Arabia from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bravo Airlines from Ukraine and Taban Air from Iran will carry passengers in and out of Batumi for the duration of the 2016 summer season.
In July only Batumi International Airport will receive more than 300 flights from 22 destinations.
These flights were mostly scheduled from Turkey, the UAE, Poland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Iran and Russia.
Statistics showed in the first five months of 2016 Batumi International Airport served 54,429 passengers, which was a 32.95 percent increase year-on-year (y/y).
In total 788 flights were performed at Batumi International Airport between January-May 2016. This figure was 34.9 percent more compared to same period of 2015, when 584 flights were performed.
To attract more tourists from abroad, Georgia launched active public and marketing campaigns in 11 countries this year, while in 2012 such campaigns were held in only three countries.
As a result this year two new Kazakh airlines started flying to Batumi, while last year there were no flights between Kazakhstan and Batumi at all.
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.
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.
New flights are being introduced to better connect Georgia’s Black Sea resort Batumi with eight cities in Kazakhstan.
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.
A local airline and two international carriers are adding new flights and increasing the frequency of existing flights to Georgia this summer.
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.
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’s air market is growing, welcoming new players and offering new flight directions.
A low-cost airline from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is coming to Batumi International Airport located on Georgia’s Black Sea coastline to offer more flights and diverse routes this summer.