Aegean Airlines to carry out one flight on Tbilisi-Athens route in August
Only one flight will be carried out on Tbilisi-Athens route in August. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The flag carrier airline of Greece, Aegean Airlines, will carry out one flight between the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi and Greek Capital city of Athens in August, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
Turnava said that due to the epidemiological situation in Greece, one flight is an optimal number that is pleasing to both Georgia and Greece today.
Yesterday Turnava made a statement in response to the Ambassador of Greece to Georgia Dimitrios Karabalis who earlier said that Greece would have been one of the first countries with which Georgia would resume flights in July.
Turnava responded to him that there is a will to resume flights with Greece but flight confirmation has not been issued yet, and stated that business interests must be balanced with the epidemiological interests of the Georgian population.
About 2,700 applications of foreign citizens looking to travel to Georgia and work remotely from the country have already been registered on the programme’s online platform developed specially for the purpose.
German airline Lufthansa has carried out the first commercial flight since the coronavirus lockdown today, from Tbilisi to Munich.
The Council of the European Union has updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be gradually lifted and the list still includes Georgia.
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.