International airport in Georgia
Kutaisi International Airport (IATA :KUT ,ICAO :UGKO David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport[ 3] Kutaisi , the third largest city in the country ofGeorgia and capital of the western region ofImereti . It is the second busiest airport in Georgia with 1,7 million passengers passing through it in 2024, a 3% increase compared with the previous year. The airport is operated byUnited Airports of Georgia , a state-owned company.[ 4]
Exterior of Kutaisi International Airport The airport was closed for renovation in November 2011. Its reopening ceremony was held on 27 September 2012. The ceremony was attended byPresident of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili ,Prime Minister ofHungary ,Viktor Orbán [ 5] Wizz Air CEOJózsef Váradi .[ 6]
To prepare for the commissioning of the airport and training of staff, the French company Vinci Airports was contracted.[ 7] duty-free shop and two coffee shops operating at the airport. The airport is currently connected to scheduled buses operated by Georgian Bus[ 8] [ 9] marshrutka .[ 10]
The priority of Kutaisi airport is to attractlow-cost airlines . A significant growth in the number of passengers was noted soon after the reopening of the airport in 2012, mainly due to Wizz Air's operations linkingKutaisi with European airports. The airport reported 187,939 passengers in 2013.[ 11] Wizz Air announced a new base at Kutaisi Airport and was planning to add a second base in 2018.
A plan to build a railway station 2 kilometres from the airport to connect the airport toTbilisi ,Batumi and any other cities of Georgia served byGeorgian Railways was announced in 2018.[ 12] [ 13]
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] Airlines Destinations Azimuth Moscow–Vnukovo [ 14] Belavia Minsk [ 15] Electra Airways Seasonal charter: Katowice FlyArystan Almaty ,Aqtau ,Astana ,Atyrau Seasonal: Şymkent [ 16] Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen [ 17] Red Wings Airlines Moscow–Zhukovsky [ 18] Smartwings Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin [ 19] Vanilla Sky Airlines Mestia [ 20] Wizz Air Athens ,[ 21] Barcelona ,[ 21] Beauvais ,[ 21] Berlin ,[ 21] Budapest ,[ 22] Charleroi ,[ 21] [ 23] Dortmund ,[ 21] Hahn ,[ 21] Hamburg ,[ 21] [ 24] Katowice ,Larnaca ,[ 21] Lyon ,[ 25] Madrid ,[ 21] [ 24] Memmingen ,[ 21] [ 26] Milan–Malpensa ,[ 21] Poznań ,[ 21] [ 23] Prague ,[ 21] Rome–Ciampino ,[ 21] Thessaloniki ,[ 21] Venice-Marco Polo (begins 2 December 2025),[ 27] Vienna ,[ 21] Vilnius ,[ 21] Warsaw–Chopin ,[ 21] Wrocław [ 21] [ 28]
Terminal exterior at night Check-in desk Garden terrace of the airport terminal Annual passenger statistics Kutaisi International Airport[ 11] Year Passengers Change 2024 1,722,809[ 29] 0 0 0 3%2023 1,671,198 0 110%2022 0 0 796,063[ 30] 0 282%2021 282,514
0 154%2020 183,873
0 0 79%2019 873,616
0 0 42%2018 617,373
0 0 52%2017 405,173
0 0 49%2016 271,363
0 0 48%2015 182,954
0 0 16%2014 218,003
0 0 16%2013 187,939
2012 0 12,932
0 186%2011 0 0 4,527
0 0 40%2010 0 0 7,446
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