Friday, December 5, 2025

Two arrested for fuel theft at Kutaisi Airport

TBILISI, December 3 – Police in western Georgia have arrested two men accused of stealing industrial fuel from a construction site on the runway at Kutaisi International Airport. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, officers from the Imereti Police Department detained two 27-year-olds employed as technicians at Spenus Group, a company working on the … Read more

Kutaisi airport to get new giant runway to handle biggest planes

TBILISI, September 17 – Georgia is building a brand-new runway at Kutaisi International Airport, a project officials say will turn the country’s second-busiest hub into a major player for long-haul flights and cargo. Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili toured the site with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze this week. She called it a “historic … Read more

Three flights diverted due to strong wind at Kutaisi airport

TBILISI, August 30 – Strong winds disrupted flights at Kutaisi International Airport in western Georgia, forcing three incoming planes to divert on Sunday. According to airport officials, flights from Larnaca (Cyprus) and Poznan (Poland) were redirected to Tbilisi. A service from Atyrau (Kazakhstan) also landed in Tbilisi before eventually returning to Kutaisi once weather conditions … Read more

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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