Sky Georgia (Georgian: საერთაშორისო ავიაკომპანია „სქაი ჯორჯია“ - saertašoriso aviaqompania «sqai dzhordzhia») was an airline from Tbilisi, Georgia, operating out of Tbilisi International Airport.[1]
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Founded | 1998 as Air Bisec | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
Operating bases | Tbilisi International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||
Website | www |
The airline was established in 1998 as Air Bisec.[2] In 2004, it was renamed Georgian National Airlines.[2] The current Sky Georgia brand[3] was adopted in 2008,[2] 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.[4] In January 2010, three Ilyushin Il-76 freighter aircraft were leased.[4]
Georgy Kodua was general director and CEO of Sky Georgia.[5][a]
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.[18] In summer 2008, scheduled and charter services were operated from Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi to destinations in Europe and Central Asia.[citation needed] 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.[18]
As of January 2011, the official Sky Georgia timetable does not list any scheduled flights.[19]
Sky Georgia used to serve the following scheduled destinations[citation needed]:
Over the years, the airline operated the following aircraft types:
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