Wizz Air launches direct regular Kutaisi-Copenhagen flights
The UAG traditionally handed out symbolic gifts to the first 165 passengers of the Copenhagen flight, with the UAG’s Director Irakli Karkashadze, Mari Devidze, the Executive Director of Imereti Destination Management Organisation and MP Zaza Lominadze welcoming the guests at the airport. Photo via UAG
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Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air on Saturday launched direct flights between Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi and Danish capital Copenhagen, the United Airports of Georgia announced.
The body noted Wizz Air had stationed its fourth passenger jet at western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport and would carry out Kutaisi-Copenhagen flights twice a week.
The UAG traditionally handed out symbolic gifts to the first 165 passengers of the Copenhagen flight, with the UAG’s Director Irakli Karkashadze, Mari Devidze, the Executive Director of Imereti Destination Management Organisation and MP Zaza Lominadze welcoming the guests at the airport.
In his comments, Karkashadze highlighted Kutaisi’s airport as “a growing and in-demand” one, noting “most direct flights” from Georgia to Europe were being completed from Kutaisi International Airport.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Saturday said the UAG would have a 20-year development plan for the Kutaisi International Airport in April 2024, in cooperation with the experts from the International Air Transport Association.
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.
The Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air has stationed its third passenger jet at western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport on Friday and resumed direct flights from the location to five European cities, the United Airports of Georgia has said.
Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air plans to station its fourth passenger jet at western Georgia's Kutaisi International Airport in December and resume direct flights from the location to Copenhagen, United Airports of Georgia Director Irakli Karkashadze announced on Thursday.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, on Monday lauded professionals of the sector with the New Year in a message at the Kutaisi International Airport in the west of the country, where the first 2024 flight in Georgia took off in the early hours of Monday.
Western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport served a record-high passenger flow last year, hosting 1,671,016 passengers in a 103 percent increase compared to 2022.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Tuesday said 2023 had been a “particularly successful” year for the domestic tourism and aviation industry, with figures recording more than six million passengers received at the three international airports of the country.
The Dutch budget airline Transavia will launch direct regular flights linking Amsterdam and Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi from April, the United Airports of Georgia announced on Monday.
A Wizz Air flight from Kutaisi in western Georgia to Barcelona in Spain was on Wednesday forced into abortive landing after the airline contacted law enforcement with concerns about potential explosives onboard.
Irakli Karkashadze, the Director of the United Airports of Georgia, said no explosives had been found onboard the Wizz Air jet that was forced into abortive landing after departing western Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport for Barcelona on Wednesday.