Tbilisi Airport to enjoy upgraded infrastructure, says managing company
Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital will enjoy updated infrastructure including a new terminal, upgraded runway and additional aircraft stations in a project involving "several hundred million dollars". Photo: TAV Georgia
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Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital will enjoy updated infrastructure including a new terminal, upgraded runway and additional aircraft stations according to a master plan project involving "several hundred million dollars", managing company TAV Georgia said on Wednesday.
The reveal comes after the French airport operator Groupe ADP recently became a major shareholder of the company.
For the development of the Airport it is very important that all visions, all opinions and all requirements that the state has in relation to [domestic] airports be reconciled and fulfilled. The Airport should be more developed", TAV Georgia General Manager Tea Zakradze said.
The company also said work on the master plan for the facility was "practically completed" with final technical details being “clarified”. It added the corresponding work on the Batumi Airport in the country’s west would be completed this month.
The work on the Tbilisi Airport plan has involved ADP Ingénierie, the consulting firm of the French group, since October.
Irakli Karkashadze, the newly appointed Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Thursday met Kamila Zhailaubayeva, a representative of Kazakh airlines operating in the country, in a meeting that reviewed cooperation between the sides.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Edward Arkwright, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the French airport operator Groupe ADP, on Tuesday discussed prospects of cooperation following the company’s acquiring of ownership in TAV Airports, a holding operating two of Georgia’s major airports.
Irakli Karkashadze, the newly appointed Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Wednesday said the development of Kutaisi International Airport in the country’s west, would be a “main priority” of the body under his leadership.
Passenger traffic for airlines operating in Georgia recovered in 2022 by 85 percent compared to pandemic levels, while the number of flights were restored to 88 percent of pre-Covid figures, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency announced on Monday.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Tuesday said the development of the Queen Tamar Airport in the country’s north-western Svaneti region was "one of the main priorities” in the body’s 2023 plans.
The British company Steer is studying the potential of the airline sector of Georgia to offer recommendations for the future development of international and local airports in the country, the Ministry of Economy announced on Tuesday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Wednesday got acquainted with the renovated infrastructure at Tbilisi International Airport, the Economy Ministry said.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, met representatives of Air Serbia to discuss prospects of the airline launching operations at Tbilisi International Airport with direct flights connecting the two countries, the airports body said on Thursday.
Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia’s capital has launched the latest version of the global passenger registration system - the CUPPS - to enable airlines to use the same equipment and space at check-in counters and gates.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his Government would “very soon” address the Parliament with a legislative initiative to regulate bus station infrastructure across the country and make passenger transportation “comfortable and safe”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday unveiled his office’s “ambitious plans” to build a “new, modern and international-standard” airport, which he said would respond to the Government's intentions of transforming the country into a regional hub.
Austrian company Airport Competence will conduct the first technical study for the possible construction of a new airport on the territory of the former airfield in Vaziani, near Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi, Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said on Friday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday announced his Government had allocated about ₾25 million ($10 mln) for the construction of a “new and modern” airport on the site of an existing airfield in the city of Telavi in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze on Wednesday said there were “no substantial circumstances” that would prevent the construction of a new international airport on the grounds of the former military airfield in Vaziani to serve the capital city of Tbilisi.
Cities and towns in 38 municipalities across Georgia have seen their public transport fleets bolstered with 51 new buses, with regions of Kvemo Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti in the central-eastern part of the country and Samtskhe-Javakheti in the south receiving the vehicles.
TAV Georgia, the company operating Tbilisi and Batumi airports in the country, on Tuesday featured in ITB Berlin Convention, a major international tourism trade fair, to promote domestic airport services.