The last flight before closing the message took off from Moscow to Tbilisi

The plane will arrive in Georgia at 02:00 on July 8, local time. He will fly back at 03:05 local time and return to Moscow at 04:50 Moscow time.

Earlier it was reported that Georgian airlines Georgian Airways and MyWay Airlines on Sunday, July 7, made their last flights to Russia on the eve of the entry into force of the temporary ban on flights to Russia.

July 8 comes into force a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which temporarily prohibits Russian airlines to carry out air transportation of citizens to the territory of Georgia.

On the same day, the decision of the Russian Ministry of Transport to suspend flights of Georgian airlines to the territory of Russia comes into force.

The Minister of Transport of Russia Yevgeny Dietrich said that the Ministry of Transport had tentatively estimated the losses of airlines from the termination of air links with Georgia at 3 billion rubles.