Economy minister: Georgia's aviation will be fully restored from next year, continue to develop under high European standards

Georgian aviation has been recovering “intensively” and will be “fully restored” in 2023, the Georgian economy minister Levan Davitashvili said on Saturday after his meeting with Eamonn Brennan, the director general of Eurocontrol.

Within the framework of Davitashvili’s working visit to Brussels, he and Brennan discussed the existing and future relations between Georgia and Eurocontrol in civil aviation, with the economy minister stressing the importance of discussing “specific issues” with the country’s partners - management of Eurocontrol, as Georgia is set to become a chairing country of the organisation from 2023.

Davitashvili highlighted the importance of Georgia’s institutional integration into European structures for the country’s integration process with Europe, including the participation in Eurocontrol, which has been crucial for Georgian aviation’s development.

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The economy minister noted that Georgian aviation would continue to develop under “high European standards” for the market to be competitive, sustainable and a “very important” contributor to the country’s economy “in the future".

In his turn, Brennan said that Georgia’s cooperation with the organisation and all issues related to European carriers, airports, etc. had been discussed at the “excellent” meeting with Davitashvili, and noted Eurocontrol would continue to cooperate “actively” with the country, expressing hope to “see more European carries in Tbilisi and other airports of Georgia”.

Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Georgia became a member of the organisation in 2014, which currently has 41 member states.