Travel to Georgia
Flying to Georgia
Georgian Airways (www.airzena.com), the national airline, operates regular flights from Amsterdam, Moscow, Paris, Tel Aviv and Vienna among other destinations. Airlines offering indirect flights from the UK to Georgia include Aeroflot (www.aeroflot.com), Turkish Airlines (www.turkishairlines.com) and Ukraine International Airlines (www.flyuia.com).
The major airport is Tbilisi International Airport.
Airport Guides
Tbilisi Airport
CodeTBS
LocationThe airport is 18km (11 miles) east of Tbilisi city centre.
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Flight times
From London - 7 hours (including stopover); New York - 18 hours (including stopover).
Departure tax
None.
Travelling to Georgia by Rail
Tbilisi is connected to Baku (Azerbaijan) and Yerevan (Armenia) by railway.
The Man in Seat 61 (www.seat61.com/Caucasus.htm) has helpful information on buying tickets for these trains, or you can check the Georgian Railways website (www.railway.ge).
Driving to Georgia
Getting to Georgia by boat
Ferry operators
Ukrferry (www.ukrferry.com) runs ferries from Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine to Poti and Batumi in Georgia.