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Tbilisi Airport is home to Georgian flag carrier Georgian Airways and MyWay Airlines, which was founded in 2017. The airport is served by approximately 30 airlines, mainly from Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia serving roughly 30 destinations out of Tbilisi. Due to the increasing popularity of Georgia and the city of Tbilisi as a ...
The Mtkvari embankments Tbilisi have a limit of 70 km/h (43 mph); George W. Bush Street ("Kacheti Highway", S5) to Tbilisi International Airport has a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph); Davit Aghmashenebeli Avenue through the Dighomi district of Tbilisi has a speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph).
Historically, maximum speed limit in Georgia was 90 km/h as there were no motorways in the country. With the change of government in 2004 and activation of country's economy, the construction of first motorway started. The motorway forms one of the main transit routes of the country – S1/E60.
With the exception of the Tbilisi part, the highway is a two lane road throughout and doesn't have major differences in altitude: it hovers around 450–600 m (1,480–1,970 ft) above sea level, reaches its lowest point of 200 m (660 ft) asl in the Alazani Valley and its highest point of 840 m (2,760 ft) asl near Sagarejo.
Direction and destination signs in Georgia are in both Georgian and Latin scripts, but the prefix is only displayed in Georgian. Article 3.3 of the law on motor roads [ 2 ] defines that: roads of international importance include roads connecting the administrative, important industrial and cultural centers of Georgia and other countries.
S1 highway through Tbilisi along Dighomi district S1 Natakhtari - Mtskheta (old style S-1 indication) Starting in Tbilisi the S1 runs north along the right bank of the Kura (Mtkvari) river in a 2x3 lane configuration with a speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). As central city thoroughfare this is a crowded section, with jamming on parts throughout ...
Georgia has a limited multilane expressroad/motorway system, that is under development. In 2021 these sections are: S1 highway Mukhatgverdi (Tbilisi West) - Surami 113 km (70 mi) S1 highway Argveta - Samtredia 58 km (36 mi) S4 highway Ponichala (Tbilisi) - Rustavi 9 km (5.6 mi) S12 highway Japana - Lanchkhuti 14 km (8.7 mi)
The S2 highway is built as a simple two lane road, but parts have been and will be upgraded to higher standards within the scope of the 2005 initiated East-West Highway project. In a separate project, the dual tube four lane 650 m Chakvi-Makhinjauri tunnel which bypasses a curvy section of the highway was the first major upgrade to the S2 highway.