Air Caucasus

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Air Caucasus
IATA ICAO Callsign
UYCSG
Founded2013
Ceased operations2014
Hubs Tbilisi International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations5
Headquarters Tbilisi, Georgia
Key peopleGeorge Kodua [1]
Website aircaucasus.com

Air Caucasus was a Georgian airline based in Tbilisi.

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History

Georgy Kodua (Russian : Георгий Кодуа) (Georgian :გიორგი კოდუა) was the president of Air Caucasus. [2]

Air Caucasus began operation in August 2013. As of May 2014 the airline had 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and operated regularly scheduled flights to five airports from its hub at Tbilisi Airport. [3] Meanwhile, it ceased operations. [4]

Destinations

As of May 2014, the airline operated flights to five destinations: [3]

Hub
Future
Terminated destination
CityCountryAirportRefs
Tbilisi Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Tbilisi Airport
Aktau Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Aktau Airport
Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Bagdad Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Baghdad International Airport
Erbil Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Erbil International Airport
Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Riyadh Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia King Khalid International Airport
Kyiv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)

Fleet

As of May 2014, the Air Caucasus fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [5]

Air Caucasus
AircraftIn ServicePassengers
CYTotal
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2
Total2

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References

  1. Ch Aviation News, http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/TBU#al_profile_tab_news
  2. "გიორგი კოდუა: მთავრობა ავიაბაზარზე მონოპოლიებს უზრუნველყოფს" [Giorgi Kodua: The government provides monopolies in the aviation market]. ნეტგაზეთი (netgazeti.ge) (in Georgian). 27 May 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 Air Caucasus website, http://aircaucasus.com/
  4. "Air Caucasus on ch-aviation".
  5. Ch Aviation, Air Caucasus, http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/TBU#al_profile_tab_fleet