Six New Flights to Be Launched from Kutaisi

Six new flight routes will be launched from Kutaisi International Airport from August 1, 2019.

Wizz Air announced the allocation of a third Airbus A320 aircraft to its Kutaisi base as well as the start of six long-awaited new services from Kutaisi to Eindhoven (Netherlands), Tallinn (Estonia), Brussels (Belgium), Copenhagen (Denmark), Bari (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland).

The new low-fare routes are already on sale on wizzair.com starting as low as GEL 56.99 / EUR 19.99.

At the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, an agreement on the new flight directions was signed between the Union of Georgian Airports and the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air.

Giorgi Kobulia, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia expressed hope that the flights will increase the geography of the countries from which tourists come from to Georgia.

"This will give us the opportunity to attract more tourists from the target markets, which is very important for us," said Kobulia.

The Ministry of Economy stated that after the new flights are launched, 30 new jobs will be created for the local population.

Wizz Air started operations from Kutaisi International Airport in 2012 and after seven years of successful operations, and only eight months after allocating its second aircraft to the Kutaisi base, the airline announced the further expansion at its Georgian base by allocating a third Airbus A320 aircraft in August 2019.

Wizz Air is a Hungarian low-cost airline with its head office in Budapest. The airline serves many cities across Europe, as well as some destinations in North Africa and the Middle East. It has the largest fleet of any Hungarian airline, although it is not a flag carrier, and currently serves 44 countries.

Together with six new routes commencing on 1 August 2019, WIZZ now offers 27 routes to 18 countries from Georgia.

By Thea Morrison

Image source: Ministry of Economy