Kutaisi-Riga Regular Flights Resumed after 6-month Break
The first Riga-Kutaisi-Riga regular flight has been fulfilled after a 6-month break.
A total of 108 passengers landed from Riga to Davit Aghmashenebeli Kutaisi International Airport, including 98 visitors and the remaining part is Georgian citizens who were transported to quarantine spaces. The departing and arriving passengers were transmitted special gifts by the initiative of the Georgia Airports Association. At the first stage, Europe’s biggest low-cost airline Wizz Air will perform only one Riga-Kutaisi-Riga flight a week.
Depending on the epidemiological situation in the country, the airline will gradually add new frequencies and directions. As explained by the Georgian Airports Association, Davit Aghmashenebeli Kutaisi International Airport is ready to resume flights in full compliance with COVID-related regulations.
‘We are happy that, after a 76-month pause, Kutausu-Riga regular flights have been resumed. At this stage, only one flight will be fulfilled a week. New frequencies and directions will be added in stages, depending on the epidemiological situation in the country. The airport is ready to serve both international and domestic flights in full compliance with all regulations running amid COVID-19 pandemic”, Georgian Airports Association deputy director Levan Tskhadadze noted. Kutaisi International Airport has fully satisfied the guidelines and recommendations determined by the Georgian National Regulations and EASA.
The airport’s staff has been trained and instructed in how to serve passengers amid the pandemic. Under the current regulations, only passengers are admitted to the terminal. Companions are also admitted to the terminal if they accompany an underage person or persons with disabilities. Persons without facemasks are not admitted to the airport. Passengers with temperature of over 37.5 are not admitted to the terminal. Before, only charter, training and non-commercial flights were received by the Kutaisi International airport amid COVID-19 restrictions.