Passenger flow in Kutaisi Airport up 63% year-on-year in February
Kutaisi International Airport served 75,733 passengers in February. Photo: Kutaisi International Airport
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Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 75,733 passengers in February, marking a 63 percent increase compared to the same month of last year, the United Airports of Georgia announced on Wednesday.
The number of flights at the airport also increased by 59 percent on 2021 figures, with the facility serving 256 flights last month.
Five airline companies operate flights to 28 destinations of 17 countries from the Airport.
The airports body also noted the Hungarian airline Wizz Air would again station its third jet at the facility and add five new European destinations this year.
It also said the Kazakh airline FlyArystan would operate regular flights from Kutaisi Airport to Shymkent starting on July 14.
Irakli Karkashadze, the newly appointed Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Wednesday announced that "large-scale" infrastructural works worth ₾47 million ($17.87mln) were planned for the western Kutaisi International Airport, the state body announced.
A delegation from the United Airports of Georgia has held meetings with companies as part of the ongoing Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam in a bid to bring new solutions to the country’s Kutaisi International Airport.
Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air will add new routes from Georgia’s western Kutaisi International Airport to five European cities starting in June, the United Airports of Georgia announced on Tuesday.
Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan will carry out regular flights from Georgia’s western Kutaisi airport to Shymkent (Kazakhstan) starting July 14.
A delegation from the United Airports of Georgia, the airports’ body of the country, is holding meetings with companies as part of the ongoing Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam, in a bid to introduce the latest technologies at the facilities in airports of the country’s capital Tbilisi and the western city of Batumi.
Continued low visibility around Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi means flights from Tel Aviv are being diverted to Kutaisi International Airport in the western Georgian hub city, the United Airports of Georgia said on Thursday.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 91,802 passengers in March, marking a 72 percent increase compared to the same month of last year, the United Airports of Georgia announced on Friday.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport recorded its record-high passenger flow last month, serving 122,410 passengers in an 81 percent increase compared to the same month of the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the United Airports of Georgia said on Wednesday.