Dutch Transavia, Turkish AJET to operate flights to Georgia this year

Dutch budget airline Transavia and a Turkish budget regional airline AJET are launching flights to Georgia starting this year, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on Wednesday.

While Transavia will connect the capitals of the two countries - Tbilisi and Amsterdam - AJET will carry passengers on Istanbul-Tbilisi flights.

The Amsterdam-Tbilisi connection will be operated twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, between April 20 and late October.

For the Istanbul-Tbilisi flights, the services will be available from March 31 to November. These flights will be operated daily, the Agency said. 

Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Deputy Economy Minister of Georgia, said one of the Government’s priorities was to increase the number of direct flights, attract more tourists to the country and serve more passengers through domestic airports.

As a result of our consistent and correct policy and in the wake of positively resolved negotiations, we constantly have news - new airlines with new direct flights are being introduced to our country’s airline sector every month”, she said.

Kvrivishvili added the Government was continuing negotiations with new airlines on more new destinations and for strengthening the domestic tourism industry.