Georgian Wings airline launching Tbilisi-Batumi flights
The passenger division of Geosky Airlines, Georgian Wings will carry 70 passengers per flight between the locations, with the regular services set to start on Friday. Photo: Geosky Airlines/Facebook
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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.
In her comments, Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Economy Minister, said the event had “demonstrated that a local airline is prepared to regularly operate services [between the two cities] without additional assistance and financial backing from the state”.
She also said the planned 12 weekly flights between the two locations showed increased demand, adding the services would also serve tourist flows.
The passenger division of Geosky Airlines, Georgian Wings will carry 70 passengers per flight between the locations, with the regular services set to start on Friday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Potential for future cooperation between the Georgian Government and ATR, a major international aircraft manufacturer, was discussed in a meeting between the country’s Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili and Jerome Gabory, the Vice President of the company.
Indigo, a major Indian budget airline, has launched direct flights linking Delhi with Tbilisi International Airport.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport saw a record-high passenger flow last month, serving 189,166 passengers - a 123 percent increase compared to the same month of the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the United Airports of Georgia said on Wednesday.