First WizzAir flight departs Kutaisi for Budapest

WizzAir is one of the largest low-cost airlines in Central and Eastern Europe. Photo by airplane-pictures.net
Agenda.ge, 30 Sep 2014 - 18:55, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s connection with Hungary is growing stronger with the first flight from Kutaisi International Airport to Budapest scheduled to take off today.

The first flight of Hungarian airlines WizzAir will depart Kutaisi International Airport bound for Budapest on October 1. From today, flights from Georgia’s second largest city to the Hungarian capital will depart twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays.

The cost of one-way travel will start from €29.99 (66 GEL).

WizzAir, one of the largest low-cost airlines in Central and Eastern Europe, launched flights from Kutaisi International Airport after it opened on September 27, 2012.

Since then, Kutaisi International Airport has transported more than 380,172 passengers. Of this, the airport was responsible for transporting 178,574 passengers from January to August this year.

One local and four foreign companies operate at Kutaisi International Airport – they are WizzAir, S7, Ural Airways, Belavia and Georgian Airways.