Georgian Airways
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Georgian Airways is the national
Flag carrier
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 airline
Airline
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 of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 based in the capital, Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

. It is a privately owned airline operating services from Georgia to destinations mainly in Europe
Europe
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 and Western Asia. It is based at the Tbilisi International Airport
Tbilisi International Airport
Tbilisi International Airport is the main international airport in Georgia, located southeast of the capital Tbilisi.-Overview:In February 2007, the reconstruction project was finished...

.

History

The airline was established and started operations in September 1994 as Airzena and started with business and charter flights. Scheduled services were added in 1997. Airzena merged with Air Georgia in November 1999 to form Airzena Georgian Airlines and adopted the current title on 1 October 2004.In 2010 Airzena served 146,938 passengers. Kiev, Tel Aviv and Moscow were the most popular destinations with its customers. “The majority of travellers coming to Georgia nowadays are still from Ukraine , Russia and Israel,” said Nino Giorgobiani, Head of the Airzena PR Department.Airzena owns a Boeing 737-500 equipped with a modern navigation system and comfortable salons.
“According to the decision of heads of Airzena the company added CRJ-200 and CRJ-100 type jets in 2009,” Giorgobiani said.

On May 21, 2011, Airzena received a new Boeing 737-300, with average age of 17 years.

It was revealed in July 2011, that Mikhail Bagdasarov, owner of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

’s national carrier Armavia
Armavia
Air Company "Armavia" is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Zvartnots International Airport in Zvartnots, Armenia, near Yerevan. It operates international passenger services from Yerevan to destinations in Europe and Asia...

, plans to purchase Georgian Airways.

The issue is being considered but there is no final decision yet. He gave appraisal of Georgian air company’s potential stressing it has good reputation.

From 5 June 2011 - flights on the route Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

 - Tel-Aviv - Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

  started (flights are assigned on Sundays) It should be mentioned that tourists flow increases daily from Israel. The air company has carried already 350 tourists only by three flights Tel-Aviv - Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

.

From 18 June 2011 - flights on the route Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

 - Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

 - Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

 commenced . The flights are operated three times per week - on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.

From 21 June 2011 the route Batumi - Moscow
Moscow
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 - Batumi are operated twice a week (on Tuesdays & Sundays).

Besides, frequencies have been added to the already operated flight Batumi - Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 - Batumi and flights are operated daily instead of three frequencies per week.From the end of June the flights from Batumi to Tehran are planning for operation, while Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 - Batumi - Tbilisi flights are performed daily.

The management of the air company considers that designation of these mentioned flights will be conducive for tourists to visit Adjara region and this year more foreigners will have a chance to see not only renovated Batumi, but to see a new resort Anaklia two hours journey from Batumi. Statistically, the air company "Airzena" carried 750 tourists by the mentioned flight during only one week.

On 8 July the company launched Tbilisi-Tehran-Batumi service. ITs operates once a week with a crj-200 aircraft.

From 18 July, Batumi - Kharkov - Batumi are operated.

From 19 July, Batumi - Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

 - Batumi are operated.

From 22 July, Batumi - Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...

 - Batumi are operated.
On 16 October Airzena announced that it would sign a contract with Boeing for B737ng and for B787. It will receive the Boeing B737 in late 2012, and B787 in 2018.

Destinations


Georgian Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
  • KLM (SkyTeam
    SkyTeam
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    )
  • Aerosvit Airlines
    Aerosvit Airlines
    AeroSvit Airlines closed joint stock company , operating as AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines / АероСвіт, is one of the Ukrainian flag carriers. Its head office is on the grounds of Boryspil International Airport in Boryspil, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine...

  • Austrian Airlines
    Austrian Airlines
    Austrian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Office Park 2 on the grounds of Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung and a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Together with regional subsidiary Tyrolean Airways and charter arm Lauda Air, it operates...

     (Star Alliance
    Star Alliance
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    )
  • Delta Air Lines
    Delta Air Lines
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta and its subsidiaries operate over 4,000 flights every day...

     (SkyTeam
    SkyTeam
    SkyTeam, branded as SKYTEAM, is an airline alliance with its centralised management team, SkyTeam Central, based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands...

    )
  • United Continental Holdings
    United Continental Holdings
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     (Star Alliance
    Star Alliance
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    )
  • Air France
    Air France
    Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

     (SkyTeam
    SkyTeam
    SkyTeam, branded as SKYTEAM, is an airline alliance with its centralised management team, SkyTeam Central, based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands...

    )
  • airBaltic
    AirBaltic
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  • Georgian Airways serves the following destinations (as of July 2010):

    Asia

    Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

      • Tel Aviv
        Tel Aviv
        Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

         - Ben Gurion International Airport
        Ben Gurion International Airport
        Ben Gurion International Airport , also referred to by its Hebrew acronym Natbag , is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel, handling 12,160,339 passengers in 2010...

         Iran
        Iran
        Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

      • Tehran
        Tehran
        Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

         - Imam Khomeini International Airport
        Imam Khomeini International Airport
        Imam Khomeini International Airport is located in Ahmadabad, Iran. The airport is located about southwest of the city near the localities of Robat-Karim and Eslamshahr. It was designed to replace Mehrabad International Airport, which is in the west of the city, now inside the city boundaries...

         United Arab Emirates
        United Arab Emirates
        The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

      • Dubai
        Dubai
        Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

         - Dubai International Airport
        Dubai International Airport
        Dubai International Airport is an international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle East, and is the main airport of Dubai. It is situated in the Al Garhoud district, southeast of Dubai...


    Europe

    Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

      • Vienna
        Vienna
        Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

         - Vienna International Airport
        Vienna International Airport
        Vienna International Airport , located in Schwechat and southeast of central Vienna, is the busiest and biggest airport in Austria. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the county it is in. The airport is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340...

         Azerbaijan
        Azerbaijan
        Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

      • Baku
        Baku
        Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

         - Heydar Aliyev International Airport
        Heydar Aliyev International Airport
        Heydar Aliyev International Airport is the international airport in Azerbaijan located northeast of the capital Baku. The airport is the home of Azerbaijan Airlines, the national flag carrier...

         Belarus
        Belarus
        Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

      • Minsk
        Minsk
        - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

         - Minsk International Airport
        Minsk International Airport
        thumb|300pix|Minsk National Airport location within the limits of Kastrychnitski District of MinskMinsk National Airport , , former name is Minsk-2, is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km to the east of the capital Minsk, geographically lying in the territory of...

         France
        France
        The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

      • Paris
        Paris
        Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

         - Charles de Gaulle Airport Germany
        Germany
        Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

      • Frankfurt
        Frankfurt
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         - Frankfurt Airport
        Frankfurt Airport
        Frankfurt Airport may refer to:Airports of Frankfurt, Germany:*Frankfurt Airport , the largest airport in Germany*Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation airport*Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , a converted U.S...

        * Georgia
        Georgia (country)
        Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

      • Tbilisi
        Tbilisi
        Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

         - Tbilisi International Airport
        Tbilisi International Airport
        Tbilisi International Airport is the main international airport in Georgia, located southeast of the capital Tbilisi.-Overview:In February 2007, the reconstruction project was finished...

         Hub
      • Batumi
        Batumi
        Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...

         - Batumi International Airport
        Batumi International Airport
        Batumi International Airport is an airport located south of Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The airport is also northeast of Hopa, Turkey, and serves as a domestic and international airport for northeastern Turkey.Batumi...

         Secondary Hub Greece
        Greece
        Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

      • Athens
        Athens
        Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

         - Athens International Airport Netherlands
        Netherlands
        The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

      • Amsterdam
        Amsterdam
        Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

         - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Russia
        Russia
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      • Moscow
        Moscow
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         - Domodedovo International Airport
        Domodedovo International Airport
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      • Sochi
        Sochi
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         - Sochi International Airport Turkey
        Turkey
        Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

      • Antalya
        Antalya
        Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

         - Antalya Airport
        Antalya Airport
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         Seasonal Ukraine
        Ukraine
        Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

      • Kharkiv
        Kharkiv
        Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...

         - Kharkiv International Airport
      • Kiev
        Kiev
        Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

         - Boryspil Airport
        Boryspil Airport
        Boryspil International Airport is an international airport located west of Boryspil, east of Kiev. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving the major part of international flights of the country, and is one of three airports that serve Kiev, along with the smaller Zhulyany Airport and Gostomel...

      • Odessa
        Odessa
        Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

         - Odessa International Airport

    Fleet

    The Georgian Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of May, 31st, 2011).
    Georgian Airways Fleet
    Aircraft Total Oders Passengers Operated for
    C Y Total
    Boeing 737-300 1 12 108 120 Georgian Airways
    Boeing 737-400 1 16 132 148 Georgian Airways
    Boeing 737-500 2 16 92 108 Georgian airways
    Boeing 737-700 0 2 TBA Georgian airways
    Boeing 787
    Boeing 787
    The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It seats 210 to 290 passengers, depending on the variant. Boeing states that it is the company's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use...

    0 1 TBA Georgian airways
    Bombardier CRJ100 1 6 44 50 Georgian airways
    Bombardier CRJ200
    Bombardier CRJ200
    The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 are a family of regional airliner manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet.-Development:...

    1 Georgian airways
    2 UN
    United Nations Humanitarian Air Service
    The United Nations Humanitarian Air Services is a UN common service managed by the World Food Programme . UNHAS provides safe and reliable passenger and cargo air services to the entire humanitarian community especially to remote locations where due to lack of infrastructures and insecurity there...

    Bombardier Challenger 850
    Bombardier Challenger 850
    |-See also:-External links:* * from Aviation...

    1 VIP
    VIP
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    Government of Georgia
    total: 10



    The average age of the Georgian Airways fleet is 15.9 years as of June 2011.

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