Students to depart from Georgia to Europe by charter flight on September 8
In order to help Georgian citizens who are currently abroad or who wish to leave Georgia due to a special need during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgian government is offering to co-finance flights. The ticket prices should not exceed €200. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Students who study in European countries and are currently in Georgia will be able to depart to Budapest by special charter flight on September 8.
Students will be able to travel to Budapest by a special charter flight from Tbilisi. Ticket price will not cost more than €199. The flight will bring to Europe not only those who study in Budapest, but all students who study in various European countries”, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said earlier today.
Local airline company Myway Airlines will carry out the charter flight from Tbilisi to Budapest.
In order to help Georgian citizens who are currently abroad or who wish to leave Georgia due to a special need during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgian government is offering to co-finance flights.
The ticket prices should not exceed €200.
Flights from Georgia to Europe have already been carried out on July 25 and August 11 in order to transfer students.
Regular international flights will not resume in Georgia until October 1, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency, however Paris, Riga and Munich will be exceptions. Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava said that restoring more international flights after the first arrivals since the lockdown earlier this month will depend on the situation concerning the pandemic in Georgia.
Restoring more international flights after the first arrivals since the lockdown earlier this month will depend on the situation with the pandemic in Georgia, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava told reporters on Monday.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced earlier today that the governments of Georgia and the United States have made a joint decision to return 79 Georgian school students who are currently in the US to Georgia tomorrow amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Georgian National Tourism Administration hopes Georgia will soon be able to increase the frequency of international flights, northwithstanding circumstances of the pandemic, head of the agency Mariam Kvrivishvili said earlier today.
Seven more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 1469. With the recent 25 recoveries the number of recovered individuals now stands at 1221.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze’s bodyguard has tested positive for COVID-19, the parliament’s press office reported today. Although Speaker Talakvadze and his family members tested negative, they have gone into self-isolation.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will restore flights to Kutaisi Airport this month to several green-list destinations, while Irish low-cost airline Ryan Air will restore flights starting late October or early November, said Economy Minister Natia Turnava to Euronews Georgia, noting that the negotiations to both airline companies are underway.
Wizz Air will restore direct flights from Kutaisi to Riga starting October 1, said Georgia Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.