As the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze stated, a new international airport will be built in Tbilisi, Vaziani.
As he noted, the new airport allows to increase the number of passengers to 19 million, with the prospect of further expansion.
“You know that we have very positive dynamics in the field of tourism. A rapid and consistent increase in the number of tourists and visitors is expected in the future, which must be supported by the infrastructure. We considered two alternative options. One option involved expanding the existing airport. Second – to build a new airport in Vaziani. The cost of expansion was approximately 900 million dollars, the cost of building a new one was 1 billion 260 million dollars. The expansion allowed us to increase the passenger flow to a maximum of 15 million passengers and there was no prospect of further development. As for the construction of the new airport, this allows us to increase the number of passengers to 19 million, with the prospect of further expansion. The new airport will be built according to modern standards” Irakli Kobakhidze noted.
By Mariam Mtivlishvili
