United Airports of Georgia adds domestic flights for Easter holidays
The services will be added in anticipation of the Easter celebrations, marked by Orthodox religious followers on April 16. Photo: Queen Tamar Airport of Mestia
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United Airports of Georgia on Tuesday said it would add eight additional flights to three domestic destinations between Thursday and Saturday for the upcoming Easter holidays.
The airports body said the flights would take passengers to Mestia in the northwestern mountainous region of Svaneti, Black Sea city of Batumi in the west and Ambrolauri in the western Racha region.
The services will be added in anticipation of the Easter celebrations, marked by Orthodox religious followers on April 16.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday “heartly” congratulated all those celebrating Easter today, the “greatest” Christian holiday.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating Palm Sunday, which marks Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and is commemorated by a feast on the Sunday before Easter.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday congratulated all those who celebrate the “most important and remarkable Christian event” - Easter today.
Georgian Railway on Tuesday said it would operate additional services to Black Sea cities of Poti and Batumi for the upcoming Easter holidays.
The Georgian Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia on Saturday handed out Easter gifts to internally displaced families from Georgia's Russia-occupied Abkhazia region.