Seasonal travellers enjoy flights to Kutaisi, Mestia

More domestic flights will offer tourists faster and more comfortable ways to travel from one part of Georgia to another during the warmer months.

A direct flight from Natakhtari, a village near capital Tbilisi to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city in the country’s west, will launch on March 10.

There will be two flights a week – every Monday and Thursday. Flights will be carried out by local airlines Service Air with a 17-seater plane.

One-way ticket price will be:

• For adults – 50 GEL (about $ 20/€ 18 );
• For minors – 35 GEL (about $ 14/€ 13);
• For infants – free of charge.

Meanwhile flights from Kutaisi to Mestia, one of Georgia’s highest inhabited mountainous regions in the country’s west will also be launched. The flights will take place every Monday and Friday.

One-way ticket price will be:

• For adults – 40 GEL (about $ 16/€ 15);
• For minors – 28 GEL (about $ 11/ € 11);
• For infants – free of charge.

Currently Service Air operates Natakhtari-Mestia direct flights four times a week: every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

One-way ticket price is:

• For adults – 65 GEL (about $ 26/€ 24);
• For minors – 45 GEL (about $ 18/ € 17);
• For infants – free of charge.

In 2015 about 4,500 passengers benefited from this flight service, which reduced the 7-8 hour drive to Mestia to a comfortable 45 minutes.

* Currencies are as of today's National Bank of Georgia exchange rate.