Wizz Air opens base at Kutaisi International Airport
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Kutaisi International Airport will soon become the first airport in the region to have a low-cost airline based there.
A spokesperson from Kutaisi International Airport told Agenda.ge Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air will open its 24th base at Kutaisi International Airport later this year.
The spokesperson said opening a Wizz Air base at Georgia’s second largest airport would increase passengers flow into and out of the country. The base will also contribute to new flight directions.
This will be Wizz Air’s first base in the Caucasus region.
The United Airports of Georgia and Wizz Air have already reached an agreement where the Hungarian airline will always have one airplane at Kutaisi International Airport.
On February 19, Wizz Air director general Joseph Varadi will visit Kutaisi and present detailed information about the new base and future operations of the airline.
Wizz Air started flying to Kutaisi International Airport in 2012.
More flights will soon be arriving and departing from Georgia’s second largest airport, Kutaisi International Airport.
Georgia’s connection with Hungary is growing stronger with the first flight from Kutaisi International Airport to Budapest scheduled to take off today.
Tbilisi International Airport will be closed to daytime flights for four months due to maintenance works on the runway.
A contractor involved in the runway upgrade at Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport has died after an on-site accident.
Kutaisi International Airport is continuing to expand its services by offering new affordable flights to seven European destinations.
Ireland’s low-cost airline Ryanair could be the next airline to come to Georgia, offering affordable flights to Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Today Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air festively opened its 25th base at Kutaisi International Airport. This was the airline’s first base in the country and the region.
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Georgia will soon be even more strongly connected to the United Kingdom (UK), with the first flight from Kutaisi to London scheduled to take off this summer.