Lufthansa launches Frankfurt-Tbilisi flights, increases flight frequency on Tbilisi-Munich route
Lufthansa is adding Frankfurt-Tbilisi-Baku flights and starting July 1 the flights will be carried out four times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Photo: Lufthansa.
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Lufthansa is increasing its existing flight frequency as well as adding new destinations to and from Georgia, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
She said that Lufthansa is adding Frankfurt-Tbilisi-Baku flights and starting July 1 the flights will be carried out four times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
In addition the airline company will double the flight frequency on Tbilisi-Munich-Tbilisi flights and during the summer, flights will be carried out four times a week at the first stage and then it is planned to perform flights everyday", she said.
Turnava said that foreign airline companies see the potential of growing tourist flows in Georgia and increasing the frequency of regular flights.
Meanwhile, this month airBaltic, the flag carrier of Latvia, will resume Riga-Tbilisi-Riga flights.
Starting March 28 flights will be carried out twice a week - on Mondays and Thursdays - while from May 2020 the flight frequency will be increased to four flights a week and the fourth flight will be carried out on Saturdays.
airBaltic, the flag carrier of Latvia, is resuming Riga-Tbilisi-Riga flights starting March 28, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency. Flights will be carried out twice a week - on Mondays and on Thursdays.
European aviation closed out 2020 with 6.1 million fewer flights operated and over half the aircraft in Europe grounded, says Eurocontrol in its newly published paper called ‘What COVID-19 did to European Aviation in 2020, and Outlook 2021’ noting that Georgia’s air traffic decreased the most amongst European states.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, Latvian flag carrier AirBaltic and Georgian Airways have made changes to their flight schedules amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Civic Aviation Agency calls on the citizens to plan their flights carefully and to take into consideration the coronavirus-related restrictions published by official, verified sources.
Kutaisi International Airport in the western Georgian region of Imereti has welcomed travellers from Vilnius, Lithuania for the very first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The flight was carried out by the Hungarian low cost airline Wizz Air earlier today.
Georgia is easing regulations for international travellers to enter the country as well as for the citizens of Georgia who are returning to the country from abroad. When coming to Georgia foreign visitors must present at the border a document that proves that he/she underwent a complete course of coronavirus vaccination. Citizens of all foreign countries who are vaccinated will be able to enter Georgia.