GEORGIAN AIRLINE ASKS RUSSIA TO PERMIT SEVERAL CHARTERED FLIGHTS
ARMENPRESS
MAY 14, 2010
TBILISI
TBILISI, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS: A private Georgian airline has sent a
request to the Russian Transport Ministry to permit twelve direct
chartered flights between Tbilisi and Moscow in the period of June
24 through July 1.
Nino Giorgobiani, the public relations executive at the airline
Georgian Airways, said the flights have been scheduled for May 24,
26, 27, 29 and 31, June 2, 3, 6, 9, 28 and 30, and July 1.
She told the Kavkasiya TV channel the Georgian Airways executives
hope the Russian Transport Ministry will give the go-ahead to the
flights the same way it did in January and April.
Direct regular air communications between Georgia and Russia were
stopped in August 2008 at the decision of the Russian aviation
authorities,
For the first time after that, the Georgian Airways performed chartered
flights between Tbilisi and Moscow January 8, 9 and 10, 2010.
The second time, the Transport Ministry permitted flights from April
1 through April 3, as well as April 10, 12 and 14.