New flight schedule announced to bring Georgian citizens home
The flights will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways, and ticket price will not exceed €199. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia continues to evacuate its citizens from WHO-recognised high risk countries.
Earlier today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia presented a flight schedule for the next two weeks according to which Georgian citizens from various European cities will be able to return home.
The two-week schedule is as it follows:
- Athens-Tbilisi - April 7
- Larnaca-Tbilisi - April 10
- Berlin-Tbilisi - April 12
- Amsterdam-Tbilisi - April 14
- Paris - Tbilisi - April 16
- Tel Aviv-Tbilisi - April 18
- Rome-Tbilisi - April 21
Two additional flights have also been announced:
- Barcelona-Tbilisi - April 24
- Warsaw-Tbilisi - April 27
Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that "it was decided to add two more flights as a result of our ongoing consultations" after a meeting of the Coordination Council.
Of course, these flights will be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation. Tickets will be on sale for two days before the flight date. We will continue to gradually return our citizens in the future too", Zalkaliani said.
The flights will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways, and ticket price will not exceed €199.
Citizens that will come back to Georgia will be placed in 14-day quarantine.
Via his official Twitter account Zalkaliani thanked Austria for evacuating five Georgian nationals from Abuja, Nigeria amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Thank you to #Austria for evacuating 5 Georgian nationals from Abuja, Nigeria amid the #coronavirus outbreak. We can only get through the crisis if we act in a spirit of partnership and solidarity.
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) April 4, 2020
About 5,000 Georgian citizens have already been brought to Georgia from China, Italy, Iran, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Belarus, the Netherlands, Egypt, Azerbiajan and Armenia.
Georgia continues to evacuate its citizens from WHO-recognised high risk countries, as Foreign Minister of Georgia David Zalkaliani has presented earlier today a flight schedule for the next two weeks according to which Georgian citizens from various European cities will be able to return home.
Georgia is completely shutting down air traffic in the country starting tomorrow in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, announced the PM's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Irakli Chikovani today.Chikovani added that only "government-coordinated flights" carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airlines will be operated. He also said that every citizen who enters Georgia will be quarantined.
In order to help Georgian citizens who are currently abroad and cannot return to their home country due to suspended or cancelled flights, the government of Georgia is offering to co-finance flights that will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways.
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Georgia has helped 2,425 of its citizens in more than 40 foreign countries amid the coronavirus outbreak, said Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani earlier today. The aid included accommodation, food, transport, medicines and online medical consultations and emergency service.