Kutaisi Airport to be Extended to Accommodate Growing Tourism Numbers

Kutaisi International Airport is set to be extended in order to accommodate the growing number of tourists. 

Passengers using the low-cost-airline airport increased from 12,915 per year in 2012 to more than 300,000 in 2016. It is expected to reach a capacity of close to 1,000,000 passengers by 2020. 

"Georgia is rapidly becoming one of the new tourist hotspots in the region and Kutaisi has become the access gate to the country," said Dutch firm UNStudio, who completed the terminal building of Kutaisi Airport back in 2013. They will also be undertaking the new planned extension 

The goal of UNStudio is to maintain a user-orientated experience. “The health and comfort of every single passenger is serviced through the correct application of architecture and spatial design," said the firm. 

The current airport terminal will become the departure hall. Like the existing terminal, the extension will boast an illuminated interior with enviable views of the adjacent Mountains. This space will lead to the building's roof, creating a huge elevated plaza.

By Tom Day