Demand grows for Tbilisi-Moscow air travel
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The number of travellers going between Georgia and its largest neighbour is on an upward trend.
Georgia's Ministry of Economy noted the number of air travellers between Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Russia’s capital Moscow had increased in the past 12 months.
Figures showed a 74 percent increase in the number of people who travelled between the two capital cities between January-July 2015 and the same time in 2014.
In the first seven months of this year, airlines from both countries transported 143,169 passengers between Tbilisi and Moscow.
This was a significant increase on the 60,953 passengers transported in the first seven months of 2014. In that time 82,216 passengers were transported between the two capital cities.
Looking ahead Georgia expected more passengers would travel on the Tbilisi-Moscow route until the summer flight season ended.
Currently four airlines carry out direct flights between Tbilisi and Moscow; one of which is Georgia’s national carrier Georgian Airways.
More than three million international guests spent time in Georgia this year, which shows growing tourism.
The number of travellers going between Georgia and Russia is on an upward trend.
Georgian Airways is breaking a seven-year stalemate with Russia and starting to perform direct flights to Russia. The Georgian airline will soon carry out flights to seven Russian cities while Russian airlines will fly to Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi, announced Georgia’s Economy Ministry.
Georgian Airways is continuing to protest the recent Russia-Georgia contract about resuming direct flights between the two countries but it announced it would not suspend flights to other destinations.
Airzena protested against the recent Russia-Georgia contract about resuming direct flights, which Georgian Airways believed gave an unfair advantage to Russian companies.
