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Seasonal travellers enjoy flights to Kutaisi, Mestia

Monday, March 7
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)