Fly Georgia Explained

Airline:FlyGeorgia
Fleet Size:2
Destinations:6
Iata:9Y
Icao:FGE
Callsign:GEORGIAN WING
Founded:2011
Ceased:2013
Headquarters:Tbilisi, Georgia
Hubs:Tbilisi International Airport
Website:flygeorgia.ge

FlyGeorgia (Georgian: ფლაი ჯორჯია; IATA: FGE) was the second national airline of Georgia, with its headquarters in Tbilisi, beginning its operations in August 2012.[1] It was a privately owned and controlled airline, which offered flights to a number of destinations in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia as well as in the CIS. As of the end of 2013, its operating license has been suspended. The company slogan was The World Awaits You.

History

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based Iranians Hoshang Hosseinpour (born 21 March 1967, Tehran), Houshang Farsoudeh (born 10 October 1968, Tehran) and Pourya Nayebi (born 25 July 1974, Tehran) co-founded Fly Georgia in 2011.[2] [3] [4] [5]

On 30 July 2012, it was officially announced that FlyGeorgia would start operating flights from Tbilisi to Batumi and the first flight would be launched on 3 August 2012. On 6 October 2012, it was officially stated that FGE would start direct flights from Tbilisi to Amsterdam with an Airbus A319.

At the end of October 2012, FlyGeorgia announced it had ordered 2 more A320 aircraft. The first of these aircraft would be delivered at the end of 2012, whilst the second one would be delivered to Tbilisi in March 2013. They would be purchased from the leasing company. Fly Georgia also declared it would start flights to Germany, Ukraine, UAE, Iraq, Brussels, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and many destinations to come.

In September 2013, Fly Georgia's aircraft, an A320 and two leased A319-100s, were seized at the Brussels Airport due to unpaid debts.[6]

On 16 October 2013, the Georgian civil aviation authority suspended FlyGeorgia's license and it is no longer allowed to operate any flights until further notice.[6]

Destinations

Hub
Focus city
Future
Seasonal
Terminated route
CityCountryIATAICAOAirportRefs
Amsterdam NetherlandsAMSEHAMAmsterdam Airport SchipholTerminated
Antalya TurkeyAYTLTAIAntalya AirportSeasonal
Batumi GeorgiaBUSUGSBBatumi International AirportSeasonal
Baghdad IraqBGWORBIBaghdad International Airport[7]
Brussels BelgiumBRUEBBRBrussels AirportTerminated
Cairo EgyptCAIHECACairo International Airport
DubaiDXBOMDBDubai Airport
Düsseldorf GermanyDUSEDDLDüsseldorf Airport
Erbil IraqEBLORERErbil International AirportTerminated
Hurghada EgyptHRGHEGNHurghada International AirportSeasonal
Kyiv UkraineKBPUKBBBoryspil International Airport
Sharm el-Sheikh EgyptSSHHESHSharm el-Sheikh International AirportSeasonal
Tbilisi GeorgiaTBSUGTBTbilisi International AirportHub
TehranIKAOIIEImam Khomeini International Airport

Fleet

The FlyGeorgia fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of December 2012):[8]

FlyGeorgia Fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A319-1001 align=center-12102114
Airbus A320-2001[9] align=center-16122138[10]
Total2-

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kirtzkhalia . N. . Fly Georgia brings first AIRBUS to Georgia . Trend (trend.az) . July 2012 . 22 October 2021 . 30 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730040204/http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2051254.html.
  2. News: Фитцгиббон . Уилл (Fitzgibbon, Will) . Шпионам и сомнительным пособникам разведслужб удается оставаться в тени благодаря хитрым приемам компании . Spies and dubious intelligence aides manage to stay in the shadows thanks to the company's cunning tricks . ru . . 5 April 2016 . 22 October 2021 . 25 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190325115222/https://www.occrp.org/ru/panamapapers/spies-and-shadowy-allies/.
  3. Web site: Executive Order 13608: Treasury Targets Networks Linked To Iran . United States Department of Treasury . 6 February 2014 . 22 October 2021.
  4. News: Faucon . Benoît . Solomon . Jay . Fassihi . Farnaz . As Sanctions Bite, Iranians Invest Big in Georgia . . 20 June 2013 . 22 October 2021 . 22 October 2021 . https://archive.today/20211022230350/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323864304578320754133982778 . live .
  5. News: Ottolenghi . Emanuele . Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia: The fantasy is that sanctions halt economies. The reality is that enforcement requires tedious bookkeeping, painstaking forensic work, and the ability to stay a step ahead of experienced middlemen. . Tablet (tabletmag.com) . 30 June 2015 . 22 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Georgian civil aviation authority suspends Fly Georgia's AOC.
  7. News: FlyGeorgia Launches Tbilisi – Baghdad Service from late-May 2013. 31 May 2013. UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd.. 31 May 2013.
  8. News: Kirtzkhalia. N.. Fly Georgia brings first AIRBUS to Georgia. 28 July 2012. Trend News Agency. 30 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Login . 2012-12-30 . 2016-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033607/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/FlyGeorgia . dead .
  10. News: Kirtzkhalia. N.. FlyGeorgia acquires two new planes. 29 October 2012. Trend News Agency. 27 October 2012.