In January 2023, 1757 passengers used domestic flights. The Civil Aviation Agency, there is a positive dynamic of air traffic recovery within the country. Accoridng to the data, the passenger flow has increased in the direction of Mestia.
1101 passengers were transported through Mestia airport in January. In the same period of 2022, the airport served 209 passengers (an increase of 427%); In January 2019, 401 passengers were served.
90 passengers were transported through Ambrolauri airport. In January 2022, the airport handled 125 passengers (down 28%); (January 2019 107 passengers):
1642 passengers were transported through Natakhtari airport. In the same period last year, the number of transported passengers was 308 (433% increase);
566 passengers were transported in the Natakhtari - Batumi direction, and 115 passengers in the Kutaisi - Mestia direction.
According to January data, 1757 passengers used domestic flights, while the figure stood at 872 passengers in January last year. Accordingly, there is a 101% increase in passenger flow in terms of domestic flights.
Domestic flights are performed by Ak-Air Georgia airline, which is part of Service Air Holding. According to Igor Aptsiauri, CEO of "Service Air", the company expects significant growth this year.
"Service Air" is waiting for the announcement of a new tender for domestic flights from the Union of Airports of Georgia this year. Igor Aptsiauri says that after that the company will consider adding 2 directions - Batumi-Telavi and Batumi-Kutaisi.
