Regular flights in Georgia to resume on February 1
Economy Minister said that a meeting with tour operators and travel companies is planned to be held next week to jointly discuss how to resume international flights. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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International flights will resume in Georgia starting February 1, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava, stating that all airline companies that have already operated or plan to enter the country's aviation market in the future will be able to operate regular flights.
Next week we will finalise how to ease the entry rules for visitors from different countries", Natia Turnava said.
Turnava said that the Georgian government is taking into account the fact that more and more people are being vaccinated in the world, including countries that are 'attractive to us for tourism, such as Israel, the Persian Gulf countries and the EU countries'.
Therefore, it is expected that in the near future, during the spring season, Georgia will be able to safely host a larger number of tourists, following all the safety rules", said Turnava.
Turnava said that a meeting with tour operators and travel companies is planned to be held next week to jointly discuss how to resume international flights.
Georgia may lift restrictions on international flights in February, said Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava in an interview with local TV channel Imedi earlier today.
Individuals who have been in the United Kingdom in the last two weeks will be placed under a 12-day quarantine when entering Georgia.
Georgia intends to lift all international flight restrictions in February 2021, said Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava earlier today during the presentation of the 2020 Activity Report.
Hungarian lowcoster Wizz Air is planning to restart flights in Georgia starting March 2021 and to add new destinations as well.
Georgia has reported 998 new cases of COVID-19 after conducting 7,412 PCR tests and 8,855 rapid tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 998 new cases 448 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Georgia has reported 546 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours after conducting 6,269 PCR tests and 4,979 rapid tests. 1,456 people have recovered from the virus, 17 have died, while 8,352 individuals remain infected throughout the country.
A number of opposition politicians, representatives of various businesses and ordinary citizens gathered in front of the administrative building of the government of Georgia earlier today demanding coronavirus restrictions be lifted.
Georgia has reported 298 new cases of coronavirus, 1,311 recoveries and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours. 7,323 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 6,868 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country.2,686 of the 6,868 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 4,182 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 253,816 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 243,396 of the 253,816 individuals have recovered, while 3,071 others have died.
Two low-cost airlines Flydubai and Air Arabia will resume flights to Georgia starting the end of this month, says the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.
A new Covid-19 clinic has opened in Tbilisi’s Central Republican Hospital which will serve 400 patients in total.
Georgia's tourism industry representatives have delivered an open letter to the government outlining their "disagreement" with the announced timescale for easing coronavirus-related restrictions in the country over the following months.
Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili says that 'our international guests' can still visit the Georgian region of Adjara via flights that connect Georgia to other countries.
Starting today international flights are resuming in Georgia and all airline companies that have already operated or plan to enter the country's aviation market in the future are able to operate regular flights. Air traffic in Georgia was completely suspended in March 2020. In July 2020, Georgia opened its borders to travellers from Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Pegasus Airlines will resume flights to Georgia from February 11, says the United Airports of Georgia. The company will offer daily flights to passengers between Tbilisi and Istanbul.
Qatar Airways, the state-owned flag carrier of Qatar, will operate daily flights between Doha and Tbilisi, reports local media outlet interpressnews (IPN).
Azerbaijani low-cost Buta Airways will start to operate a Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flight three times a week starting in mid-March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today. Other low-cost companies which will start operating flights in Georgia from mid-March are Kazakh air carriers Air Astana and FlyArystan.
The first flow of vaccinated tourists will appear in Georgia in the second half of March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today.
Georgia is easing regulations for international travellers to enter the country as well as for the citizens of Georgia who are returning to the country from abroad. When coming to Georgia foreign visitors must present at the border a document that proves that he/she underwent a complete course of coronavirus vaccination. Citizens of all foreign countries who are vaccinated will be able to enter Georgia.
The national carrier of Belarus, Belavia Airlines, is launching flights from the Belarus capital of Minsk to the western Georgian town of Kutaisi twice a week starting August 4.
A Georgian Airways plane carrying 180 people from Tbilisi to Vienna made an emergency landing at Tbilisi International Airport on September 5.
The United Airports of Georgia reports that in October 2021 passenger traffic at Kutaisi International Airport was restored by 48% compared to the same period of 2019. In October 2021, Kutaisi International Airport served 42,777 passengers (October 2019 –89,647 passengers).