Four new airlines begin flights to Black Sea town Batumi, Georgia
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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.
Air Arabia from the United Arab Emirates, Scat Airlines from Kazakhstan, EL AL Israel Airlines from Israel and Dniproavia from Ukraine will carry passengers in and out of Batumi for the duration of summer 2016.
A spokesperson from TAV Georgia – the company that operates Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi international airports – told Agenda.ge it was not still decided whether the airlines would continue operating flights once the summer aviation season had ended.
Additionally, the flight frequencies were not yet decided however more detailed information would be released later, said the spokesperson.
As of today five airlines fly to Batumi International Airport. These are Airzena, Arkia, Yanair, Belavia and Turkish Airlines.
In recent years tourism was growing in Georgia’s Adjara region, particularly so in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi.
In July 2015 the number of tourists to Adjara increased by 5.8 percent year-on-year (y/y), while between January and July 2015, the region experienced 4.3 percent growth y/y, showed statistics released by the Government of Georgia.
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.
More planes will be flying between Georgian and Turkish skies when another Turkish airline enters the Georgian market.
With the summer aviation season now in full swing, Georgia is offering more flights into and out of the country.
Ukrainian airline YanAir is renewing flights between the capital cities of Georgia and Ukraine for the summer tourist season.
Gulf Air, the principal flag carrier of Bahrain, is eyeing up direct flights to Georgia.
A local airline and two international carriers are adding new flights and increasing the frequency of existing flights to Georgia this summer.
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.
New flights are being introduced to better connect Georgia’s Black Sea resort Batumi with eight cities in Kazakhstan.
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.