Kutaisi Airport crosses million passenger mark for “record”, 4,087 flights between January-October
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 1,380,548 passengers between January-October, posting a 107 percent year-on-year increase. Photo: Kutaisi Int'l Airport
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Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served 1,380,548 passengers between January-October, posting a 107 percent year-on-year increase, the United Airports of Georgia said on Friday in its update on “record” figures.
The body said the number of flights recorded over the 10 months also marked a “historic high”.
It noted the Airport served 4,087 flights between January-October, a figure 55 percent higher than in the same period of 2022.
In October alone, the Airport served 164,176 passengers, up 415 percent y/y, as well as 472 flights, or a 352 percent y/y increase.
The Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air plans to station its fourth passenger jet at the Airport in December and resume direct flights from the location to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Currently, five airlines operate from the Airport, offering flights to 35 destinations in 18 countries.
Georgia hosted 5,566,980 international travellers between January and September, marking a 76.9 percent recovery to the pre-pandemic figures of 2019 and a 43 percent increase in figures compared to last year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Monday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Thursday said passenger flows in Georgian airports between January and September had exceeded pre-pandemic levels by nine percent, and credited “correct and consistent policy” of the Government with the recovery.
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.
Future cooperation and the current situation in the Georgian airline market were discussed in a meeting between Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili and Robert Carey, the President of the Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air, the Economy Ministry said on Friday.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday said “positive dynamics” observed in the domestic tourism sector this year were “very important”, leading to the industry generating a "record amount" of $3.3 billion in income in nine months.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Friday discussed introduction of services of the Sita Advanced Travel Solutions company at western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport in a meeting with top management of the British company.
The current situation in Georgia’s tourism and civil aviation sectors was discussed on Friday by Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili and the members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.