MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF GEORGIA

On February 20-22, Tbilisi hosts the fifteenth jubilee event – International Route Development Forum – CONNECT 2018. Over 500 representatives of 65 airlines and 250 airports will participate in the Forum.

According to the First Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Dimitry Kumsishvili, the fact that Georgia hosts this Forum is an outstanding achievement. “About eight months ago, we made a decision to take part in the selection process and become the hosts of the forum – CONNECT 2018.  Receiving the right to host this event is already a big success since it is another confirmation of the permanently growing interest in our country,” – Kumsishvili noted.

Forum participant are such leading airlines as Royal Dutch Airlines, Gulf Air, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Ukraine International Airlines, Turkish Airlines, TUI France, Airzena, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, British Airways, Ernest Airlines, Transavia, HOP, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Tajik Air, PTL Airlines, Flybe, Blue Air, SWISS International Airlines, Iberia, Croatia Airlines, Eurowings, Nordica, Meridiana, Pegasus Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Flydubai, Ellinair, Lufthansa, Volotea, Atlas Global, Air France, air Baltic, etc.

On February 20, within the frames of the CONNECT2018, the Director of the JSC United Airports of Georgia of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ketevan Aleksidze and the Chief Executive Officer of the Airport Agency of France, Karin Butot held a joint press conference at the Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi. 

As it was noted at the press conference, the delegates of the Forum will discuss existing and expected challenges in the field of air traffic, and will provide grounds for the cooperation between the airlines and the airports. According to Ketevan Aleksidze, the aim of the forum is to attract the interest of even more airlines in the Georgian market and add more flight directions.