The Turkish low-cost airline AJet operated its first direct flight from Ankara to Tbilisi

The company will operate flights on the Ankara–Tbilisi–Ankara route four times a week. AJet is a subsidiary of Turkey’s largest carrier, Turkish Airlines.

On the inaugural flight to Tbilisi arrived the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Turkey, Archil Kalandia, and the CEO of AJet, Kerem Sarfi.

To mark the occasion, a welcoming ceremony was held at Tbilisi International Airport, attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili, Director General of the United Airports of Georgia Levan Moseshvili, representatives of the Civil Aviation Agency, and the operator of Tbilisi and Batumi international airports, TAV Georgia.

Information about the launch of direct Ankara–Tbilisi flights by AJet was first announced during the President of Georgia’s visit to Turkey. The issue was also discussed at a meeting of the Georgia–Turkey Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, co-chaired by Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Mariam Kvrivishvili, and Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. The start of direct flights between Ankara and Tbilisi was also a topic at Kvrivishvili’s meeting with representatives of Turkish Airlines’ top management.

Among neighboring countries, Turkey remains Georgia’s most active air partner. According to last year’s data, more than 1.2 million passengers traveled between the two countries, accounting for 47% of Georgia’s total passenger traffic with its neighbors.

In the first eight months of 2025, Georgian airports recorded a historic high, with over 24,000 international and domestic flights. The number of passenger and cargo flights (24,915) carried out from January to August exceeded the figure for the same period in 2024 by 15%.

Currently, about 700 flights per week are operated across Georgia’s three international airports. In the first eight months of 2025, a total of 5,635,975 passengers used Georgian airports, which is 14% more than in the same period of 2024.