Kutaisi airport served record-high 1,671,016 passengers, 5,040 flights in 2023
Five airline companies operate flights to 39 destinations of 20 countries from the Airport. Photo: Kutaisi International Airport
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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.
The airport said on Monday the number of flights had also increased by 57 percent between January-December, with the facility serving 5,040 flights compared to the same period in 2022.
In December, the airport served 157,092 passengers and 538 flights - an 85 percent increase in the number of passengers and 76 percent in the number of flights compared to 2022.
The United Airports of Georgia said the Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air had stationed its fourth passenger jet at the facility on December 16 and resumed direct flights from the location to the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
The Turkish budget airline Pegasus started operating direct flights between Kutaisi and Istanbul three times a week.
Five airline companies operate flights to 39 destinations of 20 countries from the Airport.
The Turkish budget airline Pegasus has started operating direct flights between western Georgia’s Kutaisi Airport to İstanbul, the United Airports of Georgia said on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.