Air China to launch regular flights between Tbilisi and Beijing

The largest Chinese airline, Air China, is launching regular flights between the capitals of Georgia and China.

Flights between Beijing and Tbilisi will be operated via the city of Urumqi from December 2 of this year, according to an application submitted to the Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

As the Georgian Economy Ministry noted the launch of direct flights to the Chinese capital was the result of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s official visit to China, during which, among other topical issues, the deepening of cooperation in the civil aviation sector was discussed.

Within the framework of the visit, Mariam Kvrivishvili, the Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development of the Air Silk Road.

According to the memorandum, the parties expressed their readiness to promote the development of the Air Silk Road, which aimed to establish air transport corridors based on liberal principles and strengthen cooperation between the civil aviation sectors of the two countries.

“The launch of direct flights between the two capitals will have a positive impact on Georgian-Chinese relations. Flights between Tbilisi and Beijing will be operated twice a week, every Tuesday and Saturday. The Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia granted Air China an operating permit today. It is worth noting that Air China entered the Georgian market in December 2024. As of today, the airline operates flights between Tbilisi and Urumqi twice a week and has carried 25,035 passengers as of the first 10 months of this year’, the Economy Ministry said.