Russian airline Azimuth is looking into directing flights to Tbilisi from Grozny as well. This matter was discussed by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Cherkhigov, and the Executive Director of Azimuth, Eduard Teplitzky.
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“Within the framework of fulfilling the order by the head of the Chechen republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, we discussed a number of promising projects for expanding the geography of flights both inside and outside the country. During the meeting, several destinations for passenger air travel were singled out, including flights to the cities of Sochi, Volgograd, Tbilisi, and Jeddah [Saudi Arabia],” said Cherkhigov.
Recently, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued permission for operating 284 weekly flights between the cities of Russia and Georgia. This refers to flights to Tbilisi, Batumi, and Kutaisi from Vladikavkaz, Makhachkala, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, and other cities. In order to launch new flights, Russian airlines must also obtain the permission from Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.
On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree canceling a ban on direct flights to Georgia, which he imposed in June 2019 following mass protests in Georgia. By a second decree, Putin stripped visa requirements, which have been in effect for 23 years, for Georgian citizens.
Azimuth started Moscow-Tbilisi flights on May 19, and Georgian Airways, on May 20.
Flight clearance was given to another Russian airline - Red Wings, which was supposed to direct its first flight from Moscow to Kutaisi on July 10, but it was postponed due to bad weather. Red Wings plans to fly the Moscow-Kutaisi route on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays and will perform Sochi-Tbilisi flights on Tuesdays and Sundays.
