Kutaisi Airport hits record-high passenger flow in July
In the first seven months of 2023, the airport served 856,646 passengers and 2,590 flights. The airports body said the number of passengers had increased by 90 percent and flights by 76 percent compared to 2019. Photo: Kutaisi International Airport
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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.
The number of flights at the airport also increased by 94 percent, with the facility serving 517 flights compared to 2019.
In the first seven months of 2023, the airport served 856,646 passengers and 2,590 flights. The airports body said the number of passengers had increased by 90 percent and flights by 76 percent compared to 2019.
The UAG also noted the Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air had stationed its third passenger jet at the facility earlier last month and was carrying travellers on direct flights from the location to Madrid, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Poznań.
It also said the airline planned to station its fourth jet at the location in December and add flights to Copenhagen.
The Kazakh budget airline FlyArystan added regular flights from Kutaisi Airport to Almaty starting on June 4.
Five airline companies operate flights to 35 destinations of 18 countries from the Airport.
The largest number of visitors Georgia hosted in the second quarter of 2023 came from Turkey, followed by Russia and Armenia, the latest inbound tourism statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on Monday show.
Indigo, a major Indian budget airline, has launched direct flights linking Delhi with Tbilisi International Airport.
Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Economy Minister of Georgia, on Tuesday said it was “important” to see increasing numbers of visitors from the European Union, Israel and Gulf states over the first six months of this year.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian airports served more than 1.4 million passengers in the second quarter of 2023, which is an increase by 41.1 percent compared to the same period of last year, data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
A total of 697,800 Georgian resident travellers took a trip outside of the country in the second quarter of 2023, with most of the visits being made to Turkey (236,700) and Russia (79,900), the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday announced the Government would spend ₾85 million ($32 million) on upgrading the infrastructure at the Kutaisi International Airport in the country’s west.
The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency has evaluated 333 locations across Georgia for building new heliports and contribute to the development of domestic flights, local media outlet IPN reported on Tuesday.
Western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport on Sunday welcomed its millionth passenger for the first time in one year, with Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili greeting the passenger with various gifts, who arrived in Kutaisi Airport from the German city Frankfurt by Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 151,939 passengers in January, in a 78 percent increase compared to the same month of last year, the United Airports of Georgia said on Tuesday.