Georgia denied reports of the resumption of direct flights to Russia

The day before the media reported that the Georgian Airways will operate a Moscow-Tbilisi flight. The reason was his appearance on the board of the Moscow airport Vnukovo.

"The Russian side has not requested the restoration of air services. Accordingly, the disseminated information about the implementation of direct flights by the Georgian airline in the direction of Moscow does not correspond to the reality," said the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.

Denied information about the flight and Georgian Airways, 
stating that she had not applied for it. Representatives of Vnukovo Airport claimed a technical failure on the board. 

Air service between Georgia and Russia ceased in July 2019 due to large-scale protests that took place after the incident with Duma deputy Gavrilov. At the opening of the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the Parliament of Georgia, he took the Speaker’s seat.

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