Apr. 12—BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. The passenger traffic in Georgia's airports from January through March 2022 recovered by 69 percent, compared to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period, Trend reports via Georgian media.

Georgia's airports served 700,200 passengers in the reporting period of 2022, while 1.01 million people were served over the same period of 2019.

The number of passengers served at Georgia's airports over the first quarter of 2022 increased by 565 percent, compared to the same period of 2021 (105,279), however, decreased by 1.5 percent, compared to the reporting period of 2020 (711,536).

Tbilisi International Airport in the reporting period of 2022 served 507,050 passengers, which is an increase of 406.5 percent, compared to 109,094 people over the same period of 2021, and 5.8 percent, compared to 479,120 passengers from January through March 2020. However, the current figure decreased by 36.9 percent, compared to the same period of 2019 (804,671).

Meanwhile, the passenger traffic in Batumi International Airport increased by 31.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2019 (51,900), and totaled 68,474, while Kutaisi International Airport recovered by 77. 4 percent of the passenger inflow of the reporting period of 2019 (156,784), and totaled 121,470. — Follow the author on Twitter: @mariiiakhm

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