Jan-June 2018: Passenger traffic at Georgian airports increases 31%

Tbilisi International Airport served 893,222 passengers in January-June 2016. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Agenda.ge, 05 Jul 2018 - 14:19, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s three international airports served 2,103,151 passengers in the first six months of 2018, which is a 31 percent increase year-on-year (y/y).

The number of passengers who took regular or charter flights in Georgia increased in all three main airports of the country: Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, Batumi International Airport and Kutaisi David Aghmashenebeli International Airport.

More specifically:

  • Tbilisi International Airport served 1,675,073 passengers - a 30 percent increase y/y
  • Kutaisi International Airport served 234,679 passengers - 28 percent increase
  • Batumi International Airport served 190,272 passengers - 43 percent increase

In the first six months of this year, Georgia’s rural airports in Mestia and Ambrolauri both served 3,063 passengers.