Natia Turnava: Our tourism industry will be restored and aviation will still be at record levels

German low-budget airline Eurowings has launched its first direct flight Dusseldorf - Tbilisi.

171 passengers arriving from Germany were met at the Tbilisi International Airport by Minister of Economy Natia Turnava, her Deputy, German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch, representatives of the aviation authorities and the leadership of TAV Georgia.

As Minister of Economy Natia Turnava said at the event held at the Tbilisi International Airport, since the company is low-budget, it will be quite attractive and accessible to citizens.

Turnava noted that the restoration of tourism in the country is going very well.

"It is true that negotiations to bring this airline to the Georgian market started before the pandemic, but it is very important that the decision was made during the pandemic, despite the pandemic. This is a very strong message to our tourism industry that it will be restored and aviation will still be at record levels. It is a huge contribution to our economy. We will do our best to add more new airlines," Turnava said.

Currently three companies - Georgian Airways (Berlin), Lufthansa (Munich), Eurowings (Dusseldorf) operate flights to Germany from Tbilisi International Airport 9 times a week.