Georgian and French civil aviation agencies prolong cooperation for 4-year term
The agreement continues cooperation first established in 2014. Photo: Georgian Civil Aviation Agency press office.
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The Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia (GCAA) and the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) are renewing the Technical Cooperation Program for a period of four years.
The agreement was signed today and continues cooperation first established back in 2014.
During these years the programme allowed many Georgian air traffic controllers and Georgian civil aviation experts to receive training at the National Civil Aviation School of France (ENAC).
In addition, the Georgian Aviation University (GAU) and the ENAC are also considering establishing a cooperation agreement.
Passenger traffic at Georgian airports has increased by 30.79 percent y/y during the first half of the current year.As seen in data released by the Civil Aviation Agency, 2,103,149 passengers traveled via Georgian airports during January-June of this year.
Georgia’s three international airports served 1,608,124 passengers in the first five months of 2018, which is a 32 percent increase year-on-year (y/y).
Georgia’s three international airports served 4,073,959 passengers in 2017, which is a 43.43 percent increase year-on-year (y/y).
So far this year, 2,703,117 passengers took regular or charter flights from Georgia’s three main airports: Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, Batumi International Airport and Kutaisi David Aghmashenebeli International Airport.
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