New Domestic Flight to Launch Connecting Kutaisi and Natakhtari

TBILISI – A new domestic flight will be launched beginning March 10 connecting Georgia’s western administrative capital Kutaisi with Natakhtari, about 30 kilometers north of Tbilisi.

Flights will be carried out every Tuesday and Thursday between Natakhtari and Kutaisi.

Ticket prices for the flight have been set at 50 Gel ($20) for adults and 35 Gel ($14) for children. Tickets will be made available via Tbilisi-based tour operator Vanilla Sky

Privately owned company, Service Air, will carry out the flights using Czech-built planes capable of carrying 15 passengers.

Georgia’s Economy Ministry announced that Service Air would also be responsible for carrying out flights between Kutaisi and Mestia, the administrative center of the mountainous Svaneti region on Mondays and Fridays.

Service Air currently offers flights between Natakhtari and Mestia four days a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

By Tamar Svanidze

Edited by Nicholas Waller