BMI CANCELS GEORGIA FLIGHTS
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Aug 13, 2008
UK
European Airlines
Falling in line with several other carriers, bmi has also cancelled
its flights to the Georgian capital Tbilisi following the attack of the
airport by the Russian troops. Most notably, as per the present move,
all the services of the airline stand cancelled until at least Monday,
the 18th of August.
At the outset, Georgia and Russia have been engaged at war in the
province of South Ossetia, located to the north of Tbilisi. The
war signs started from as early as Friday. As part of the war,
the Russian Aircraft bombed the airport and following this, all the
flights operated in and out of the airport were eventually cancelled.
The carrier operates its services to this destination three times
a week thereby connecting Heathrow and Tbilisi, with the services
departing on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The return journey is
scheduled on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The airline noted that due
to the cancellation of flights to this destination, those passengers
who have purchased tickets for travel might re-book to Yerevan in the
neighbouring Armenia or to Baku. As another alternative, the customers
can also opt to retain their tickets to Tbilisi. The tickets will
remain valid for travel up to four weeks from the original date of
the scheduled journey.
According to a statement made by a bmi spokesman, it appears that the
passengers who have booked their tickets on the scheduled departure
from Tbilisi to Heathrow yesterday were actually transferred to
Yerevan or Baku for availing the services heading to the UK.