Seasonal travellers enjoy flights to Kutaisi, Mestia

More domestic flights will offer tourists faster and more comfortable ways to travel from one part of Georgia to another during the warmer months.

A direct flight from Natakhtari - a village near Tbilisi - to Kutaisi, Georgia’s second largest city in the country’s west, will launch on March 10.

There will be two flights a week – every Monday and Thursday. Flights will be carried out by local airlines Service Air with a 17-seater plane.

One-way ticket prices will be:
• For adults – 50 GEL (about $ 20/€ 18 );
• For minors – 35 GEL (about $ 14/€ 13);
• For infants – free of charge.

Meanwhile, flights from Kutaisi to Mestia - one of Georgia’s highest inhabited mountainous regions in the country’s west will also be launched. The flights will take place every Monday and Friday.

One-way ticket prices will be:
• For adults – 40 GEL (about $ 16/€ 15);
• For minors – 28 GEL (about $ 11/ € 11);
• For infants – free of charge.

Currently, Service Air operates Natakhtari-Mestia direct flights four times a week: every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

One-way ticket prices are:
• For adults – 65 GEL (about $ 26/€ 24);
• For minors – 45 GEL (about $ 18/ € 17);
• For infants – free of charge.

In 2015, about 4,500 passengers benefited from this flight service, which reduced the 7-8 hour drive to Mestia to a comfortable 45 minutes.
(Agenda.ge)