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1st post-war flight from Tbilisi and Moscow finally operated

08 January 2010 12:00 (UTC +04:00)

The chartered Airzena-Georgian Airways Boeing 737-700 with 80 passengers on board took off from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

Airzena Chief Executive Officer Tamaz Gaiashvil told APAâ€™s correspondent said the air service was resumed after negotiations during one year and a half.

In his words, next flights are scheduled for January 9, 10, 16 and 24. Tickets for January 9 and 10 flights have already been sold out.

According to him, regular flights are possible after agreement between Georgian and Russian air line authorities after January 24.

A one-way ticket costs 490 GEL (â‚¬170).

Besides Moscow, regular flights will also be launched to Saint Petersburg and Sochi in the future.

Russian-Georgian relations were tense even before the South Ossetia war. Russia cut transport and postal links and blocked money transfers in October 2006 in a dispute over Georgiaâ€™s arrest of Russian servicemen it accused of espionage. Russia also banned imports of Georgian wine and mineral water. Flights resumed in March 2008 before being halted again by the conflict.