Alexander Kartveli
Alexander Kartveli, born Aleksandre Kartvelishvili, ( ka, ალექსანდრე ქართველიშვილი) (September 9, 1896 – July 20, 1974) was a Georgian aeronautical engineer and an aviation pioneer in the United ...
Batumi International Airport is an airport located south of
Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...
, a city on the
Black Sea
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coast and capital of
Adjara, an
autonomous republic in southwest
Georgia
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. The airport is northeast of
Hopa
Hopa ( Laz and , Hamshen ) is a city and district of Artvin Province in northeast Turkey. It is located on the eastern Turkish Black Sea coast about from the city of Artvin and 18 kilometres from the border with Georgia.
Geography
Hopa is on t ...
,
Turkey
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, and serves as a domestic and international airport for Georgia and northeastern Turkey.
Overview
Batumi is one of three international airports in operation in Georgia (along with
Tbilisi International Airport
Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport ( ka, თბილისის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი) , formerly ''Novo Alexeyevka In ...
serving the
Georgian capital and
David the Builder International Airport in
Georgia's second largest city
Kutaisi). The new airport terminal has been in operation since 26 May 2007. With a total area of , it is capable of handling 600,000 passengers a year.
Batumi International Airport has noted a significant growth in the number of passengers since its renovation carried out by
TAV Airports
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Holding in 2007. In 2011, the airport handled 134,000 passengers, an increase of 51% over the previous year.
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In 2019, it was decided to expand the terminal because the existing capacities were no longer sufficient. The work was completed in spring 2021.
The area has been doubled to 8000 square metres, which allows the handling of 1,200,000 passengers a year.
Part of the work was to expand the number of bus gates, check-in and passport control counters as well as the expansion of duty-free areas and the car park.
Additionally, the luggage handling area was partially expanded, where an automatic conveyor system was introduced and an additional one luggage carousel was installed.
A total of 17 million US-dollar were invested.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Most popular routes in summer 2021
See also
*List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
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Buildings and structures in Adjara
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