Tbilisi International Airport
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| Tbilisi International Airport თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი |
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| IATA: TBS – ICAO: UGTB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Georgia | ||
| Operator | Tepe Akfen Ventures Airports Holding | ||
| Serves | Tbilisi | ||
| Location | Tbilisi | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,624 ft / 495 m | ||
| Coordinates | 41°40′09″N 044°57′17″E / 41.66917°N 44.95472°ECoordinates: 41°40′09″N 044°57′17″E / 41.66917°N 44.95472°E | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13R/31L | 3,000 | 9,843 | Concrete |
| 13L/31R | 2,500 | 8,202 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| H1 | 30 | 98 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| Source: Georgian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] | |||
Tbilisi International Airport (Georgian: თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი) (IATA: TBS, ICAO: UGTB) is the main international airport in Georgia, located 17 km (11 mi) southeast[1] of the capital Tbilisi.
In February 2007, the reconstruction project was finished. The project consisted of construction of a new international terminal, car park, improvements to the apron, taxiway and runway and acquisition of ground handling equipment at Tbilisi International Airport. A rail link to the city centre has been constructed. There is an infrequent rail service to the city centre of Tbilisi (6 trains per day in each direction). George W. Bush Avenue leads from the airport to downtown Tbilisi.[2]
The airport is a product of a contemporary and functional design, boasting high technology. It is designed to provide the optimum flow of both passengers and luggage from the parking lot to the planes with a 25,000 square meter total usable area. It has the ability and flexibility to easily facilitate future expansions without interrupting terminal operations. It has been fitted with high-tech contemporary systems, keeping passenger convenience and efficiency of the terminal operations in mind, throughout functional spaces organized in an elegant manner. The Food and Beverage operations at the Tbilisi International Airport are carried out by BTA at 7 points with a staff of 75, while ATU provides Duty Free services at its four stores.[3]
The implementing agency and the borrower for the project is TAV Urban Georgia, a concessionaire and SPV for the construction and operation of Tbilisi International Airport.
The total project cost was USD90.5 million. The capacity of the new terminal building is 2.8 million passengers per year[3].
In 2007, the airport handled 615,873 passengers, representing an increase of 8.5 % over 2006[4]. The number of aircraft movements increased by 18.7%[5].
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aerosvit Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| airBaltic | Riga |
| Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv |
| Armavia | Yerevan |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku |
| Belavia | Minsk |
| bmi | London-Heathrow |
| Czech Airlines | Prague |
| Donbassaero | Donetsk |
| Dniproavia | Dnepropetrovsk |
| Euroline | Almaty, Donetsk, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Kharkov, Odessa, Vilnius |
| Georgian Airways | Almaty, Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, Dubai, Frankfurt, Kharkov, Kiev-Boryspil, Minsk, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna |
| Lufthansa | Munich |
| SCAT | Aktau |
| Sky Georgia | Almaty, Kharkov, Kiev-Boryspil, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| TAM Air | Donetsk, Kharkov |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| Wind Rose Aviation | Kiev-Boryspil |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cargolux | Luxembourg[6] |
| Jade Cargo | Frankfurt, Shanghai-Pudong |
 Departure Hall |
 First Floor |
 Third Floor Used For Departure |
 Passport Control |
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 Duty Free |
 Airport Terminal Building |
