Passenger traffic up by 18.24% at Georgian airports in Jan-June 2019
Tbilisi International Airport alone served 1,870,082 passengers - a 11.64% increase y/y. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Tweet 
Share
Georgia’s three international airports served 2,489,823 passengers in January-June 2019, which is a 18.24% increase in comparison to last year, says the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.
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 Aleksandre Kartveli International Airport and Kutaisi David Aghmashenebeli International Airport.
More specifically:
- Tbilisi International Airport served 1,870,082 passengers - a 11.64% increase y/y
- Kutaisi International Airport served 364,834 passengers – 55.40% increase
- Batumi International Airport served 247,391 passengers – 30.01% increase
Georgia’s rural airports also saw an increase in passenger numbers in the first six months of 2019.
Queen Tamar Airport in Mestia, Svaneti region, served 3,477 passengers in January-June, which was a 32.41% increase y/y.
Meanwhile, Ambrolauri airport in Georgia’s Racha region, which received passengers for the first time in 2017, served 599 passengers (+45.38%) in the reporting period.
Georgia’s three international airports served 1,014,732 passengers in January-March 2019, which is a 21% increase in comparison to last year, says the United Airports of Georgia.
The number of passengers who took regular or charter flights in Georgia’s three international airports increased by 23% in 2018 compared to 2017, while the number of performed flights increased by 17%.
Georgia’s three international airports served 625,236 passengers in January-February 2019, which is a 25% increase in comparison to last year, says the United Airports of Georgia.
Georgia’s three international airports served 1,912,352 passengers in January-May 2019, which is a 19% increase in comparison to last year, says the United Airports of Georgia.
Georgia’s five airports – three international (Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi) and two local (Mestia and Ambrolauri) – served 571,848 passengers in July 2019, which is a 7.3 per cent decrease in comparison to last year, says United Airports of Georgia.
Irish lowcoster Ryanair will begin operations in Georgia starting in November, United Airports of Georgia announces.
A total of 780,100 Georgian citizens travelled outside of Georgia in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019.