Georgian Wings airline launching Tbilisi-Batumi flights
The company said it would be the only airline offering direct flights between Tbilisi and Batumi, with the services set to launch on July 28. Photo: Geosky Airlines
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Georgian Wings will launch direct domestic flights between Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital and the Black Sea resort city of Batumi later this month.
Geosky Airlines on Wednesday said its passenger division would operate 12 weekly flights to and from Batumi, carrying 70 passengers per flight between the locations.
The airline said it was choosing to prioritise domestic travel as its first destination due to “significant demand” in the tourist market, and provide daily flights with 55-minute duration.
The company said it would be the only airline offering direct flights between Tbilisi and Batumi, with the services set to launch on July 28.
The Kazakh budget airline FlyArystan has started regular flights from Almaty to western Georgia’s Kutaisi Airport, the United Airports of Georgia said on Monday.
Uzbekistan Airways, the flag carrier airline of the country, will carry passengers twice a week between Tashkent and Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi.
Aegean Airlines, Greece's largest airline company, is launching new direct flights between Thessaloniki and Tbilisi, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency confirmed on Thursday.
Air Moldova will increase the frequency of its flights to Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital and add a connection between Chișinău and the western Georgian city of Batumi, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on Thursday.
Georgia’s three international airports served 2,485,263 passengers between January-June, marking a 45 percent year-on-year increase, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on Wednesday.
Maia Omiadze, the Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, on Monday said the flow of tourist visits in the country had increased by 90 percent compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Monday said more than 50 airline companies operating on the Georgian airline market with around 60 direct flights contributed to the increase of international visitors to Georgia up to 2.8 million.
Georgian Wings on Tuesday launched direct flights between Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital and the Black Sea city of Batumi, marking the airline’s first demonstration flight and project presentation.