Georgian National Airlines

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Georgian National Airlines
IATA QB	ICAO GFG	Callsign NATIONAL
Founded
Hubs		Tbilisi International Airport
Fleet size		2
Destinations
Headquarters		Tbilisi, Georgia
Key people
Website: http://www.national-avia.com/

Georgian National Airlines is an airline based in Tbilisi, Georgia. It operates scheduled and charter services to destinations in Europe. Its main base is Tbilisi International Airport.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Asia 2.2 Europe 3 Fleet 3.1 Previously operated 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1998 and operated as Air Bisec, before changing its name to Georgian National Airlines.^[1] A Bombardier CRJ 200 aircraft (formerly of Independence Air) was delivered on 29 July 2006, but did not enter scheduled service until 6 September 2006 following crew training. It is being used on services to Almaty, Astana, Dnipropetrovsk and Kiev from Tbilisi and could be joined by a second aircraft in 2007 ^[2].

[edit] Destinations

^{[citation needed]}

Services to the following cities are operated from Tbilisi:

[edit] Asia

Central Asia

• Kazakhstan
  • Almaty (Almaty International Airport)
  • Astana (Astana International Airport)

[edit] Europe

Eastern Europe

• Ukraine
  • Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipropetrovsk International Airport)
  • Kiev (Boryspil International Airport)
  • Odessa (Odessa International Airport)

[edit] Fleet

As of March 2008 the Georgian National Airlines fleet includes^[1] :

• 1 Bombardier CRJ-200ER
• 1 Ilyushin Il-76T

[edit] Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated^[3] :

• 1 Tupolev Tu-134B

[edit] External links

• Georgian National Airlines
• Georgian National Airlines Fleet

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 3 April 2007
2. ^ Airliner World January 2007
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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