Georgian Civil Aviation Authority allowed Russian airline Red Wings will operate flights to the republic.
“From June, Red Wings airline starts operating on Sochi-Tbilisi-Sochi and Moscow-Kutaisi-Moscow airlines.
“The airline is not on the black list of the European Union,” he said.
It was stated that charter flights on the specified routes will be carried out three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
We add from Moscow Vnukovo Airport to Tbilisi on May 19 flew out The Russian airline “Azimuth”, having previously received the appropriate permission, transmits the aircraft DEA News.
Azimut made the first direct flight to the capital of Georgia after a four-year hiatus. The plane took off without delay, most of the passengers went on vacation.
Also, on May 20, flights to Russia will resume by Georgian carrier Georgian Airways, whose employees are protesting the harassment of the airline due to flight preparation to the Russian Federation.
While writing the portal TourDom.ruThe airline was accused of “treason to national interests”.
“The most heartbreaking thing is our alleged lack of patriotism since we started preparing flights to Russia,” Georgian Airways employees said in an open letter.
The airline called, “Don’t even think about provocation, otherwise you will get the harshest response given by law.”
How much are tickets to Tbilisi
According to market participants, with the start of competition, the situation with prices for direct flights to Georgia will change. Last week, it turned out that the cost of air tickets to Tbilisi “is not lower than connecting flights, from which passengers can reach the capital of Georgia before direct flights resume.” Prof.Travel.
“So, the cheapest round-trip tickets in early June will cost more than 37 thousand rubles.
Of course, a direct flight is in any case much more convenient than a connection in Yerevan or Minsk, so there will definitely be more people who want to visit Tbilisi. But so far it hasn’t gotten any better. Accordingly, tour operators will not be able to set prices for tour packages to Georgia that can attract mass tourists.
Russia suspended flights with Georgia due to large-scale protests following the Communist Party State Duma deputy Sergei Gavrilov, who spoke at the opening of the Inter-Parliamentary Orthodox Assembly meeting in the Georgian parliament in July 2019. remembers red blood cell.
May 10 Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban For flights of Russian airlines to Georgia. The Ministry of Transport later announced that Russian aircraft carriers would fly seven times a week from Moscow to Tbilisi and back.
Also, from May 15, Georgian citizens were able to visit Russia without a visa for up to 90 days. At the same time, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili described Putin’s related decrees as “a new provocation”.