Sunday, August 17, 2025

Georgia's economy minister expects a sevenfold increase in flights this month as Covid-19 restrictions on air travel are lifted

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia expects air traffic to increase sharply as Covid-19 related restrictions on regular flights are lifted, to reach a level this month seven times what it was in August last year. By summer, the number of flights per week may reach 200, a 20-fold increase, the Minister of Economy Natia Turnava said Thursday at … Read more

Wizzair drops 19 destinations from Kutaisi base: source

A Hungarian lowcoster WizzAir has removed 19 routes from Kutaisi, its base in Georgia, and decreased number of based aircraft to two, from previous three, Belgian aviation news platform aviation24.be reports relying on a Twitter user @SeanM1997 as a source. In July 2019, WizzAir announced that its base in Kutaisi was going to increase from … Read more

Snow and ice causing flight delays at Kutaisi airport

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(Photo published by Kutaisi International Airport.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several flights were delayed at Kutaisi International Airport on Saturday due to ice.

The airport informed that the flight to Thessaloniki, Greece was cancelled, while also  flights to Warsaw, Poland and Budapest, Hungary were delayed for one day.

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Georgian Railways considering Tbilisi-Kutaisi airport train

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Kutaisi airport. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Railways is considering creating a new train line connecting the airports in Tbilisi and Kutaisi, with regular departures.

Spokesperson Dachi Tsaguria told Kutaisi Post that Georgian Railways is currently researching whether the new

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Georgian airports served 12% more passengers in 2015

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Kutaisi airport. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian airports served 12 percent more passengers in 2015 than the previous year, according to figures published on Tuesday by the Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Economy.

Airports in Georgia served a record 2,261,006 passengers in 2015,

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Wizz Air flights rerouted from Kutaisi to Tbilisi

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(Kutaisi international airport.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Bad weather in western Georgia has led to Wizz Air’s flights to and from Kutaisi airport being redirected to Tbilisi on Tuesday.

According to United Airports of Georgia, the following flights have been scheduled on January 5:

A flight from Tbilisi to Warsaw

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Wizz Air plane unable to land at Kutaisi airport due to bad weather

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(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several flights were cancelled due to bad weather on Monday at Kutaisi airport in the west of Georgia.

Interpressnews reports that heavy snowfall resulted in the cancelling of the flight from Warsaw to Kutaisi and the return flight from Kutaisi to Warsaw due

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