Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili expressed her negative attitude towards the restoration of direct air communication with the Russian Federation and announced a boycott of Georgian Airways, which had begun flying to Russia. It is reported by Interfax.
“I am declaring a boycott of Airzena (Georgian Airways),” she said at a briefing and called on citizens to join the boycott.
According to her, the airline is only interested in enrichment, and now she “wants to use this new reality, which is unacceptable to a very large part of our population.”
As Zurabishvili said, “I will refrain from using the aircraft as long as it is in the hands of this airline.”
On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted the restrictions on flights to Georgia, which had been in effect since July 2019, by his decree. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation announced that Russian airlines will fly between Moscow and Tbilisi seven times a week.
The day before, the aircraft of the Russian airline Azimuth made a direct passenger flight to Georgia for the first time since 2019.
The President of Georgia opposed the resumption of direct flights with Russia and proposed the introduction of visas for Russians.
Source: Rosbalt
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