Tbilisi: Transavia Airlines which announced in January the direct flights to the Georgian capital city finally started operation. The first direct flight from Amsterdam reached Tbilisi and Batumi International Airport on April 20, 2024.
Transavia is considered one of the lowest budget airlines that have started its operation for Tbilisi. This airline of the Kingdom of Netherlands made the first flight between Amsterdam-Tbilisi with 187 passengers landed in Tbilisi whereas 185 passengers departed for Amsterdam.
The representative of the airline said that during the summer navigation season Amsterdam-Tbilisi airline will perform flights twice a week every Wednesday and Saturday with Boeing 737-8 type aircraft.
It is to be specifically mentioned that an official event was held at Tbilisi International Airport which was attended by General Manager of Tbilisi and Batumi International Airports Tea Zakaradze, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Georgia Meline Arakeliani, Executive Director of Transavia Marcel de Neuer and representatives of Georgian Aviation Authority.
This is also noteworthy that Transavia is the number one budgeted and second-largest aircraft carrier of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Air France – KLM Group’s member airline has been flying from the Netherlands to more than 20 countries for 50 years and carrying 9 million passengers annually.
Transavia has 7 bases in different regions of the world. The airline’s aircraft are usually based in the airports of the Kingdom of Netherlands, France, and Germany.
There was a long pending demand of the public for this flight that has been finally fulfilled with the joint initiative of the Airlines and Tbilisi airport management as well.
Notably, just two days ago Tomas Chlumecky, who is a renowned airline advisor posted in a Facebook post that “Transavia will add several destinations to its network from Dutch airports next winter. New summer destinations such as Tbilisi in Georgia, the Albanian Tirana, and Oslo, the capital of Norway, will soon also be served in the winter.
Meanwhile, the air traveler expressed their happiness on the operation of this flight and said that this would be time time-saving journey for the people who desired to travel between two cities of their respective countries.
