Georgia and Saudi Arabia celebrate first Tbilisi-Dammam flight
Tweet 
Share
Georgia is deepening tourism ties with Saudi Arabia by linking the skies of the two capital cities – Tbilisi and Dammam.
From July to September Georgian Airways, the flag carrier of Georgia, will perform direct flights from Tbilisi to Dammam on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays by Boeing 735/737 and CRJ 100 type aircrafts.
Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, operated by TAV Georgia, welcomed the first Georgian Airways flight from Dammam performed on July 13, 2016.
To mark this occasion Tbilisi International Airport hosted a small celebration attended by representatives of TAV Georgia, Georgian Airways and passengers on the inaugural flight.
The flights will continue throughout summer, with the last flight between Tbilisi and Dammam scheduled for September 18 this year.
Figures showed between January-June this year Tbilisi International Airport served 893,222 passengers, which was a 19 percent increase year-on-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.
Travelling between Georgia and Turkmenistan will become easier thanks to new direct flights linking the two capital cities from September this year.
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.
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.
A local airline and two international carriers are adding new flights and increasing the frequency of existing flights to Georgia 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.
Royal Falcon Airlines of Jordan is showing interest in beginning flights linking Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Jordan’s capital Amman.
The capital cities of Georgia and Iran are now better linked thanks to the introduction of a new seasonal charter route between Tbilisi and Tehran.
Travelling between Georgia and Turkmenistan will become easier thanks to new direct flights linking the two capital cities from September this year.
For the first time ever, new flights are connecting the capital cities of Georgia and China. The inaugural flight between Beijing and Tbilisi is set to touch down at Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport this evening.