<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Kutaisi International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Kutaisi Airport also known as David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport is an airport located 14 km west of Kutaisi, the second largest city in Georgia and capital of the western region of Imereti. It is one of three international airports currently in operation in Georgia, along with Tbilisi International Airport serving the Georgian capital and Batumi International Airport near the Adjara Black Sea resort.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was closed for renovation in November 2011.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Its reopening ceremony was held on 27 September 2012. The ceremony was attended by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orb&aacute;n and Wizz Air CEO J&oacute;zsef V&aacute;radi.</p>
<p class="blog-para">To prepare for the commissioning of the airport and training of staff, the French company Vinci Airports was contracted. There is one duty-free shop and two coffee shops operating at the airport. The airport is currently connected to scheduled buses operated by Georgian Bus and Omnibus Express, with services to Kutaisi, Tbilisi and Batumi after each arrival. The airport terminal is located next to the main road between Kutaisi and Batumi, so it is also possible to transfer to those cities by marshrutka.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The priority of Kutaisi airport is to attract low-cost airlines. A significant growth in the number of passengerwas noted soon after the reopening of the airport in 2012, mainly due to Wizz Air's operations linking Kutaisi with European airports. The airport reported 187,939 passengers in 2013, In February 2016, Wizz Air announced a new base at Kutaisi Airport and is planning to add a second base in 2018.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Currently, major expansion works of the airport are underway as the airport is expecting 1 million passengers in 2020. A plan to build a railway station in the vicinity of the airport which would connect the airport to Tbilisi, Batumi and any other cities of Georgia served by Georgian Railways was announced in 2018. In April 2022, the modernization of the Kopitnari station was finished.</p>
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