Georgian Airways
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| Founded | 1994 (as Airzena) | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tbilisi International Airport | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 22 [1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||
| Key people | Givi Davitashvili, General Director | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Georgian Airways (Georgian: ჯორჯიან ეარვეისი), formerly Airzena, is the privately owned flag carrier of Georgia, with its headquarters in Tbilisi.[2] Its main base is Tbilisi International Airport.[3]
History
The airline Airzena was established in September 1993. Initially, Airzena operated charter flights to the United Arab Emirates, Italy, China, Egypt, India, and Syria, as well as a regularly scheduled flight to Vienna. The company managed to achieve recognition and retain its share in the aviation market during the economically and politically complicated period of the 1990s.
In 1999 Airzena became the flag carrier of Georgia. In August 2004, the company changed its name to Georgian Airways.
In the first half of 2000 the airline's management made a decision to modernize the fleet, and leased two Boeing 737-500 aircraft from Hapag-Lloyd. This was the first case of a Georgian airline operating up-to-date Western equipment.
Destinations
Georgian Airways is operating services from Georgia to destinations in Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, and in the United Kingdom
Georgian Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[4]
Fleet
Current fleet
The Georgian Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of February 2018:[5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | 12 | 120 | 132 | |
| Bombardier Challenger 850 | 1 | — | VIP | |||
| Bombardier CRJ200LR | 1 | — | 6 | 44 | 50 | |
| Embraer 190 | 3 | — | 9 | 88 | 97 | |
| Embraer 195 | 1 | — | TBA | |||
| Total | 8 | — | ||||
The Bombardier Challenger 850 is for government and VIP use only.
Former fleet
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 April 2011, Georgian Airways Flight 860, a charter flight for a United Nations mission, operated by Bombardier CRJ100ER 4L-GAE crashed at N'djili Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Thirty-two of the 33 people on board were killed.[6]
References
- ^ Starting March 25, 2018 adding 5 new destinations
- ^ "Contacts". Georgian Airways. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Flight International 3 April 2007
- ^ "Profile on Georgian Airways". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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- ^ "Investigation Report of accident involving Georgian Airways aircraft CRJ-100ER (4L-GAE) at Kinshasha's N'djili Airport Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 4 April 2011" (PDF). Ministry of the Transportation and Ways of Communication. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
External links
Media related to Georgian Airways at Wikimedia Commons
