FLEET - Georgian Airways takes first freighter, a B767

Georgian Airways (A9, Tbilisi) has taken delivery of its first freighter, a B767-300ER(BDSF), on a multi-year lease from Air Transport Services Group subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management.
4L-GMC (msn 24209) was ferried directly from Wilmington International to Tbilisi on July 29, 2024. The 33.1-year-old aircraft, converted by Israel Aerospace Industries (Tel Aviv Ben Gurion), has yet to enter revenue service. Georgian Airways will be its first post-conversion operator.

The carrier currently operates a passenger-only fleet comprising two B737-700s, two B737-800s, one inactive B767-300ER delivered in June 2024, one Challenger 850, and one Global 6000.

Similarly named Georgian Airlines (GH, Tbilisi) currently operates two B767-300ER(BDSF)s, one B737-800(BCF), and two B737-800(SF)s. The two airlines were affiliated in the past, with Georgian Airlines set up as a cargo subsidiary of Georgian Airways. Currently, Georgian Airlines is co-owned by Tamaz Gaiashvili (60% stake) and its CEO, Irakli Mezvrishvili (40%). Georgian Airways is co-owned by David Gaiashvili (80%), brother of Tamaz, and Georgian Air Services LLC (20%). The latter is co-owned by Eteri Gaiashvili (90%) and Sopio Gventsadze (10%).

FLEET - Georgian Airways will add a new B787 from 2024, as up to 60 weekly flights will be added to Europe.

In addition, the carrier will begin flights to Dubai from the end of 2023, and from April 2024 to Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu.

 

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Georgian Airways to take one Boeing 737-700 on lease

The delivery is expected in the second half of May (Georgian Airways)

Georgia’s privately owned flag carrier Georgian Airways (formerly known as Airzena) has announced plans to add another Boeing 737-700 to its fleet. Business Georgia publication reports that the airline expects to take delivery of the aircraft in the second half of this month.

The airliner, whose mrket value is estimated at approximately $80 million, will be leased in what is to become the largest deal in the history of Georgia’s commercial aviation.

Sources differ on Georgian Airways’ current fleet. According to the airline’s website, it operates one Boeing 737-700, one 737-500, and four regional aircraft: three Bombardier CRJ200LRs and a CRJ100LR. Open sources mention two Boeing 737-700s, registration codes 4L-TGM and 4L-TGN. There are also reports that a 737-500 registered with the Georgian carrier is currently operated by Armenia’s homonymous airline.

Georgian Airways is being outperformed on the domestic market by Turkish Airlines. It has also been feeling pressure from Russia’s Aeroflot and its low-cost subsidiary Pobeda Airlines. The carrier has previously complained about the two Russian airlines’ price dumping practices, and voiced concerns about the benefits for foreign operators offered by the country’s airpot managing company United Airports of Georgia. 

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