Passenger traffic down 7.3 per cent at Georgian airports in July
In January-July 2019, the growth rate of passenger traffic decreased from 18 to 12 per cent. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
The 7.3 per cent decline in passenger traffic was caused by the suspension of direct flights to Russia starting July 8, 2019”, says the United Airports of Georgia.
Passenger traffic in July 2019 was the following:
- Tbilisi International Airport served 384,632 passengers - 10% decrease y/y
- Kutaisi International Airport served 85,738 passengers –14% increase
- Batumi International Airport served 100,432 passengers – 9.8% decrease y/y
- Queen Tamar Airport in Mestia, Svaneti region, served 819 passengers - 10% increase y/y
- Ambrolauri airport in Georgia’s Racha region, which received passengers for the first time in 2017, served 227 passengers - 5.4% decrease y/y
In January-July 2019, the growth rate of passenger traffic decreased from 18 to 12 per cent. In this period, Georgian airports served 3,058,473 passengers, which is 12 per cent more compared to 2018.
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