Sky Georgia

Sky Georgia
სქაი ჯორჯია
IATA ICAO Callsign
QB GFG NATIONAL
Founded 1998 as Air Bisec
Operating bases Tbilisi International Airport
Fleet size 1
Company slogan Sky is the Limit...
Headquarters Tbilisi, Georgia
Website skygeorgia.org

Sky Georgia (Georgian: საერთაშორისო ავიაკომპანია „სქაი ჯორჯია“ - saertašoriso aviaqompania «sqai dzhordzhia») is an airline from Tbilisi, Georgia, operating out of Tbilisi International Airport.[1]

History

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]

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.[5] In summer 2008, scheduled and charter services were operated from Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi to destinations in Europe and Central Asia. 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.[5]

Destinations

A Tupolev Tu-134 of Georgian National Airlines in 2006, shortly after take-off at Vnukovo International Airport.
A Sky Georgia Ilyushin Il-76 at Pardubice Airport in 2011.

As of January 2011, the official Sky Georgia timetable does not list any scheduled flights.[6]

Former destinations

Sky Georgia used to serve the following scheduled destinations:

Asia
Europe

Fleet

Current fleet

As of January 2011, the Sky Georgia fleet consists of only one aircraft, a 36 years old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 which had been acquired in 2008.[7]

Historic fleet

Over the years, the airline operated the following aircraft types:

References

  1. ↑ Flight International 3 April 2007
  2. 1 2 3 Air Bisec, Georgian National Airlines and Sky Georgia at airlineupdate.com
  3. ↑ Airlines of Georgia
  4. 1 2 3 4 News on Sky Georgia at ch-aviation.ch
  5. 1 2 3 4 News on Georgian National Airlines at ch-aviation.ch
  6. ↑ Sky Georgia online timetable
  7. ↑ Sky Georgia fleet list at planespotters.net

External links

Media related to Georgian National Airlines at Wikimedia Commons

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