Tbilisi-Riga flights to resume August 5
Flights will be carried out by the flag carrier of Latvia, airBaltic. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Flights between Georgian capital city of Tbilisi and Latvian capital of Riga will resume on August 5, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
Flights will be carried out by the flag carrier of Latvia, airBaltic.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava said that Georgian citizens will be able to visit the Baltic states, and that visitors from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will be able to travel to Georgia as well.
Turnava also said that the flights will be carried out only once a week due to the epidemiological situation while from August 20, flight frequency will be increased to two flights in a week.
Tbilisi-Paris and Tbilisi-Munich are also scheduled 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 and German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi and Munich.
In addition, Georgia remains on the European Union's updated list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
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.
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.
The Council of the European Union has updated the list of countries to which the travel restrictions should be gradually lifted and the list still includes Georgia. The criteria to determine third countries for which current travel restrictions should be lifted cover in particular the epidemiological situation and containment measures, including social distancing, as well as economic and social considerations.
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.
German airline Lufthansa has carried out the first commercial flight since the coronavirus lockdown today, from Tbilisi to Munich.
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava stated today that there is a will to resume flights with Greece but flight confirmation has not been issued yet.
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.
Georgian National Tourism Administration hopes Georgia will soon be able to increase the frequency of international flights, northwithstanding circumstances of the pandemic, head of the agency Mariam Kvrivishvili said earlier today.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has restored directs flights between the Georgian town of Kutaisi and the Latvian capital of Riga. As of now flights between Kutaisi and Riga will be carried out once a week.