Uzbekistan Airways makes inaugural direct Tashkent-Batumi flight
In the first quarter of this year, visits of international travellers in Adjara have been restored by 49% compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.Photo: Ajara Tourism Department Facebook Page.
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Uzbekistan Airways made its inaugural direct flight connecting the country’s capital Tashkent to Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi on Saturday, the Tourism Department of the Adjara region said.
Uzbek tourists arriving with the flight were welcomed at the Batumi airport with a folklore performance to mark the occasion.
The airline will carry passengers on regular flights from Tashkent to Batumi twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, through the end of the summer season, in a bid to attract tourists from the country to the region.
Adjara Tourism Department also noted Kazakh airline Air Astana resumed direct flights from capital Astana to Batumi starting Saturday.
In total, over 250 flights from 10 countries will be operated at Batumi International Airport, including two new destinations in Riga and Tashkent.
In the first quarter of this year, visits of international travellers in Adjara have been restored by 49% compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Georgia’s tourism industry has recovered to 70 percent capacity compared to the pre-pandemic period in 2019, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today, adding the country was experiencing “double-digit” growth in the economy.
Georgia’s western Kutaisi International Airport served 59,033 passengers in April, marking an 87 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic figure from 2019, United Airports of Georgia announced on Friday.
Georgia hosted 244,293 international travellers in April, posting a 37.7 percent recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 184.9 percent year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Wednesday.
Passengers arriving at or departing from the Kutaisi International Airport in western Georgia will receive free week-long train tickets from Georgian Railway starting this Saturday, the company announced on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulla Aripov on Tuesday discussed cooperation between the two countries in Tashkent.