Pegasus Airlines to carry Ankara-Tbilisi flights starting today
Pegasus will carry Tbilisi-Ankara-Tbilisi passengers twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays. Photo: TAV Georgia.
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Turkish-based Pegasus Airlines has launched flights connecting the capitals of Türkiye and Georgia, with first passengers arriving on Wednesday, TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports, has announced.
The start of the flights between Ankara and Tbilisi by the budget airline was also noted by Georgia’s Türkiye ambassador Giorgi Janjgava, who tweeted the direct connection was “of great importance”, particularly for deepening mutual cooperation in tourism, trade and culture.
???????????????? დღეს, გამთენიისას, გაიმართა ,,#Pegasus Airlines”-ის პირველი პირდაპირი ავიარეისი, #ანკარა-#თბილისი-#ანკარის მიმართულებით.
— George Janjgava (@GeorgeJanjgava) November 2, 2022
აღნიშნულთან დაკავშირებით, ანკარის ესენბოღას აეროპორტში საზეიმო ცერემონიაც გაიმართა.
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Pegasus will carry Tbilisi-Ankara-Tbilisi passengers twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The first flight between the cities took place by Turkish Airlines with the initiative of the Georgian embassy to Türkiye in January 2019, but was later suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pegasus Airlines, a Türkiye-based budget airline, is set to launch flights between the Turkish capital of Ankara to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi starting November 2, the Georgian economy minister announced on Wednesday.
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Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Monday said operations of Turkish Pegasus Airlines at Kutaisi International Airport would give the western Georgian facility an “additional stimulus” and increase passenger traffic.