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Jan 03, 2023 (newstodate): Suspended during the Covid-19 outbreak, Georgia in the Caucasus will soon see the return of air communication with China.
From this spring, China Southern Airlines will be operating a weekly flight on the route connecting Urumqi, in the Xinjiang province, with Tbilisi, according to the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia.
On the air cargo side, Tbilisi serves as an en-route point for freighter operations from China's Kashgar International Airport, in the Xinjiang province, to Budapest launched on January 15, 2022.
Chinese capital is also behind the Georgian carrier MyWay Airlines, part of the activities of the Chinese investment group Hualing that is also behind the establishing of a new industrial zone in Kutaisi as well as numerous real estate projects in Tbilisi and Kutaisi.