Tbilisi-Paris flights to resume in August
Air France will carry out two flights a week starting early August from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tbilisi International Airports. Photo: 1tv.ge.
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Tbilisi-Paris flights will resume in August, said Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava earlier today, adding that Georgia is negotiating with airBaltic to resume Tbilisi-Riga flights as well.
Air France will carry out two flights a week starting early August from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tbilisi International Airports.
Turnava noted that Georgia is negotiating with countries Georgia has recently opened its borders to and which have also opened their borders for Georgia.
As for other countries, Turnava noted that resumption of direct regular flights will be postponed in August as well.
Turnava noted that Georgian Airways continues its commercial charter flights, and announced that about 16 flights will be carried out by Georgian Airways in August from different cities including Vienna and Amsterdam.
As for charter flights, Turnava noted that one more flight on the route Tbilisi-Berlin-Tbilisi will be added to the five existing routes as Georgian students need to travel to Berlin for short term employment programmes.
Turnava expressed hope that other regular commercial flights will resume soon and prices will return to its older level, although she noted that prices for an economy class is nearly the same as before.
Moreover, Georgia and Germany are resuming air travel and regular flights starting August 2.
German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi to Munich.
In addition, Georgia remains on the European Union's updated list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
Switzerland opens borders for Georgia starting today, says the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia.
Georgia and Germany are resuming air travel and regular flights starting August 2, announces the Civil Aviation Agency. German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi to Munich.
The government of Georgia is negotiating with international airlines airBaltic and Air France to resume air travel and regular flights with five EU member states with whom Georgia has unconditionally reopened its borders.
Georgia is opening its borders for travellers from five countries, announces PM Spokesman Irakli Chikovani after a meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council today. The government of Georgia is also negotiating with international airline companies to resume direct flights in Georgia. So far an agreement has been reached with Lufthansa which will start flights between Munich and Tbilisi starting August.
Paris, Riga, Munich are exceptions
Regular international flights will not resume in Georgia until August 31, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency, however Paris, Riga and Munich will be exceptions. Air France will carry out two flights a week starting early August from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tbilisi International Airports and German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi to Munich.
Flights between Georgian capital city of Tbilisi and Latvian capital of Riga will resume on August 5, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
An Air France flight brought over 170 passengers from Paris to Tbilisi on Saturday as air connections between the countries resume after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Restoring more international flights after the first arrivals since the lockdown earlier this month will depend on the situation with the pandemic in Georgia, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava told reporters on Monday.