Kutaisi International Airport has served 38,417 passengers in May - a 37% y/y increase and "a record number” according to United Airports of Georgia.
The record increase was mainly due to adding new, low-cost flights to European cities. 187 flights were carried out in May alone, which is a 26% increase in comparison to the same period last year.
"We consider that such an increase in passengers is connected with more aircrafts based at and flights from Kutaisi Airport. The low cost carrier Wizz Air has added five new routes to Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Prague and Athens in May. Thus we have a positive forecast and expect the number of passengers to increase even more in June”, head of United Airports of Georgia, Keti Aleksidze said.
171,000 passengers were served by Kutaisi Airport during the first five months of this year in total, which is a 20% y/y increase.