Director-General for Mobility and Transport of European Commission visits Georgia
Henrik Hololei held his first visit with the Director-General of United Airports of Georgia Giorgi Chogovadze. Photo:United Airports of Georgia.
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Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, is visiting Georgia to meet the local authorities and attend the conference on economics 'Georgia and the World in 2019' that will be held in Georgia on 29-30 January.
European Commission's Mobility and Transport department shared this news via its official Twitter account:
“Very pleased to be back in #Georgia! Much to celebrate: extension of #TEN_T to Georgia, adoption of Infrast Investment Action, booming aviation sector & tmrw launch of 1st Transport Dialogue. #EU committed to support deeper #connectivity with ????????!” DG Hololei. pic.twitter.com/83vJxedzBn
— EU Transport (@Transport_EU) January 28, 2019
Hololei held his first visit with the Director-General of United Airports of Georgia Giorgi Chogovadze.
Hololei and Chogovadze talked about how to increase the capacity of Georgian airports and attract new airline companies.
Last year was successful for Georgia in terms of aviation development. Passenger flow has increased significantly at the country’s airports. Tbilisi Airport is developing. Work is being carried out to expand Kutaisi airports. We talked about how to attract new airline companies … which will help attract more tourists in Georgia”, said Hololei.
“Airports play a key role in developing #connectivity. United Airports of #Georgia should be praised for the growth in passenger traffic in 2018, thanks to #aviation agreement with #EU & market liberalisation. Capacity is the biggest challenge,” DG Hololei meeting the Director. pic.twitter.com/1E3w852qqk
— EU Transport (@Transport_EU) January 28, 2019
Hololei will also meet Georgian Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia, while tomorrow he will open the conference with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze.
The conference aims to analyse the progress that Georgia has achieved and discuss new challenges.
Also, the conference will discuss the planned reforms of the government.
More than 100 delegates will attend the conference.