Turkey-based Southwind Airlines starts operating charter flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Antalya, performing its first flight on August 21, TAV Georgia, the company operating two airports in Georgia, has revealed. The once-a-week flights will be offered on Sundays, by Airbus 321 aircraft, until September 25. Pegasus Airlines, a Turkey-based low-cost airline, is currently operating…
The National Food Agency of Georgia has sealed 2.5 tons of meat at the Batumi produce market, with the Agency revealing on August 22 the move had followed violations of sanitary regulations, identified by professionals. Conditions of meat storage and sale at the relevant facilities were checked in the monitoring, with the state body saying…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said a “noticeable growth” was observed in the Armenian-Georgian trade and economic relations “despite challenges”. “We have a 97% increase in trade turnover”, Pashinyan said at the opening ceremony of the Bridge of Friendship on the border crossing between the two states on the Debeda River. The PM also said…
Tbilisi International Airport in the Georgian capital serviced 1,515,988 passengers in the first seven months of 2022, while the number stood at 313,036 for Batumi International Airport, TAV Georgia, the operator of the two facilities, announced on August 17. In the reporting period, the number of passengers increased by 121.56% YoY for Tbilisi Airport, while…
Passengers will be able to pay seasonal ticket fares for Tbilisi public transport using their bankcards starting from September 1, Mayor Kakha Kaladze has announced. Kaladze said city authorities had reached agreement with two major banks in the country, TBC Bank and Bank of Georgia, enabling their customers to integrate their travel passes into the…
The Georgian Government will subsidise the 2022 grape harvest due to the “record-high grape yield”, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced at a Government meeting. Garibashvili pledged “not a single kilogram of grapes will be left behind” in accepting produce from farmers, and added the Government would provide “maximum support” to about 25,000 of them…
Georgia received $306 million from abroad in July, up by 46.8% YoY, the National Bank of Georgia reported. Russia ($100.59 million), Italy ($35.96 million) and the United States ($28.56 million) were the largest remittance senders in July. Overall, the vast majority (97.2%) of all money transfers from abroad came from 24 countries. Last month, remittances…