Sky Georgia Explained

Airline:Sky Georgia
სქაი ჯორჯია
Fleet Size:1
Iata:QB
Icao:GFG
Callsign:NATIONAL
Founded:1998 as Air Bisec
Ceased:2011
Headquarters:Tbilisi, Georgia
Bases:Tbilisi International Airport

Sky Georgia (Georgian: საერთაშორისო ავიაკომპანია „სქაი ჯორჯია“ - saertašoriso aviaqompania «sqai dzhordzhia») was an airline from Tbilisi, Georgia, operating out of Tbilisi International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established in 1998 as Air Bisec.[2] In 2004, it was renamed Georgian National Airlines. The current Sky Georgia brand[3] was adopted in 2008, when the company was acquired by US-based Sky Investment Group.[4] In October 2009, the airline ceased all scheduled flights and stated that it would concentrate on cargo rather than on passenger transport. In January 2010, three Ilyushin Il-76 freighter aircraft were leased.

Georgy Kodua was general director and CEO of Sky Georgia.

During 2007, the airline (which was called Georgian National Airlines at that time) had a codeshare agreement with airBaltic on the latter's route from Riga to Tbilisi.[5] In summer 2008, scheduled and charter services were operated from Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi to destinations in Europe and Central Asia. On 9 August 2008, following the outbreak of the 2008 South Ossetia war, Georgian National Airlines was banned from operating into Russia. After the crisis, flights were not resumed.

Destinations

As of January 2011, the official Sky Georgia timetable does not list any scheduled flights.[6]

Former destinations

Sky Georgia used to serve the following scheduled destinations:

Asia
Europe

Fleet

Historic fleet

Over the years, the airline operated the following aircraft types:

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Flight International]
  2. http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/central_asia/georgia.htm Air Bisec, Georgian National Airlines and Sky Georgia at airlineupdate.com
  3. http://www.airlinehistory.co.uk/europe/Georgia/Airlines.asp Airlines of Georgia
  4. http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?search=1&airline=Sky%20Georgia News on Sky Georgia at ch-aviation.ch
  5. http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?search=1&airline=Georgian%20National%20Airlines News on Georgian National Airlines at ch-aviation.ch
  6. http://www.skygeorgia.org/timetable_en.html Sky Georgia online timetable
  7. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Sky-Georgia Sky Georgia fleet list at planespotters.net