Oneclick Airways, Georgia’s first low-cost carrier, operated its first scheduled service on Thursday, a Boeing 737 flight from Tel Aviv to Batumi. The carrier will fly the Tel Aviv-Batumi corridor twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, and will add Tbilisi-Tel Aviv from next week.
The route opens with a tiny fleet and a single aircraft type, and arrives on a corridor already served by Israeli seasonal carriers. Oneclick, founded in 2025, will run the route with a two-aircraft fleet of Boeing 737-800s out of Tbilisi.
An Inaugural Flight and a Symbol-Ribbon Ceremony
A Boeing 737 touched down at Batumi International Airport on July 2, completing Oneclick’s first scheduled arrival at the Black Sea coast terminal. The carrier had flown charters for months before Thursday’s inaugural service.
The airport, managed by TAV Georgia, hosted a symbolic ceremony to mark the route’s opening, captured in the inaugural Batumi landing report. Oneclick had flagged the move in mid-June, when travel-trade outlet Letundra listed the new route at $230 for a one-way ticket. The carrier plans to extend the network on the same days next week, when flights between Tbilisi International Airport and Tel Aviv begin. The two-route schedule will be Oneclick’s first published regular flying, after months of charter work to destinations including Dubai and Thailand.
The Tel Aviv-Batumi service mirrors what tour operators had advertised, with two weekly rotations on Thursdays and Sundays. That cadence puts Oneclick into a corridor already supplied by Arkia, Israir and Sundor, which list seasonal Tel Aviv service from Batumi in the airport’s published airline roster. Oneclick’s entry follows the airport’s 2021 terminal expansion to a 1.2 million-passenger capacity, leaving room to absorb a new carrier.
From Charters to a Twice-Weekly Map
Oneclick Airways began commercial operations on 25 October 2025, starting with a series of charter flights. The carrier is Georgia’s first low-cost airline, a category that did not exist in the country before. Its first aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 registered 4L-TWO, touched down in Tbilisi on August 27, 2025. The plane had previously served with China Southern Airlines from 2007 to 2025 under the registration B-5300. The 18-year service history with China Southern made the airframe a cost-effective second-hand buy for the new Georgian entrant.
The start-up built its fleet around the 737-800, a narrow-body type designed for short and medium-haul routes. Oneclick took delivery of its first aircraft in August 2025, the second followed in the same delivery window, and both received their livery in March 2025, according to a Diecast Aircraft forum account of the carrier. The airline received its Air Operator Certificate in September 2025, the carrier’s third-party booking profile says, the regulatory step short of its first commercial flights. Charter work, including flights to Dubai and Thailand, filled the months between certification and the July 2 scheduled launch.
The Tel Aviv-Batumi service is the airline’s first published scheduled route. The twice-weekly operation fits the airline’s two-aircraft fleet, which has no spare airframes for additional rotations. A second Israeli city pair, Tbilisi-Tel Aviv, will mirror the same Thursday-Sunday pattern starting the week after the Batumi launch.
Until the scheduled flights began, Oneclick’s network lived almost entirely on the charter market. The booking profile notes that until recently, Oneclick only offered charter services and did not appear in scheduled ticketing channels. The shift to a twice-weekly fixed map is the airline’s first move beyond that base. Other Georgian aviation start-ups have used similar charter-then-schedule paths, often with fleets of two or three narrow-bodies.
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| First aircraft (737-800) arrives in Tbilisi | August 27, 2025 |
| Air Operator Certificate received | September 2025 |
| Commercial charter operations begin | October 25, 2025 |
| First scheduled flight, Tel Aviv-Batumi | July 2, 2026 |
| Tbilisi-Tel Aviv scheduled service due | Next week |
Two Routes, Four Days, One Aircraft Type
The Batumi-Tel Aviv service runs twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, with a Boeing 737-800 operating the route. The carrier’s first arrival came on July 2, a Thursday, and the second rotation is scheduled for July 5, a Sunday. From next week, Tbilisi International Airport joins the network with its own Thursday-Sunday Tel Aviv rotation, the same days of the week and the same aircraft type. The Thursday-Sunday cadence is short for a regional service, with each city pair flying twice weekly. The paired schedule means both routes sit on the same operating window.
The Tbilisi launch marks Oneclick’s first use of Tbilisi International Airport as a scheduled base, even though the airline has flown charters out of Tbilisi since October 2025. The airline now operates from both of Georgia’s main international gateways, with Batumi for the Black Sea coast and Tbilisi for the capital. The decision to mirror the Batumi days on the Tbilisi route links the two services onto the same weekly cycle. The carrier has not yet published any other scheduled routes beyond these two city pairs, and the airframe allocation for the Tbilisi rotation has not been disclosed.
An Established Batumi-Tel Aviv Corridor
Batumi Airport’s published airline roster already lists seasonal Tel Aviv service from three Israeli carriers. Arkia, Israir and Sundor all list Batumi-Tel Aviv as a seasonal route, according to the airport’s Wikipedia page. Oneclick, as Georgia’s first low-cost airline, now joins that seasonal set.
The existing seasonal operators typically fly the route during the summer, with frequencies that climb in July and August. Georgian Airways also serves Batumi, with Tbilisi flights resuming June 25, 2026, according to the airport’s published airline roster. Oneclick’s two weekly rotations, by contrast, run the same two days each week. The seasonal carriers scale up their frequencies for the peak. The published $230 starting fare is the only pricing Oneclick has put on the corridor. The thin schedule also limits how the new entrant can compete on schedule quality or frequency.
Batumi’s wider route map continues to grow, with Air Cairo preparing the first direct flights between Cairo and Batumi and airBaltic and El Al restarting Riga-Tel Aviv three times a week as European carriers return to Ben Gurion. Against that backdrop, Oneclick’s two-aircraft fleet caps how much of the Batumi-Tel Aviv corridor it can claim in a single season. Batumi Airport handled 951,766 passengers in 2024, a 53% jump on 2023, leaving the terminal room to absorb the new arrival.
Boeing 737-800s and a Georgian AOC
Oneclick’s entire fleet is built around the Boeing 737-800. Two of the type sit in the carrier’s Tbilisi base, the first delivered on August 27, 2025, according to the carrier’s aircraft delivery and livery timeline. The aircraft is the type designed for short and medium-haul routes, and is what carried the inaugural Batumi service.
The first airframe, registered 4L-TWO, served China Southern Airlines from 2007 to 2025 under registration B-5300. The second 737-800 followed in the same delivery window, with both aircraft receiving their livery in March 2025. The carrier received its Air Operator Certificate in September 2025, the regulatory step that allowed commercial flights to begin. Charter work to Dubai and Thailand filled the months between certification and the July 2 scheduled launch. Operating a single type keeps pilot training, spare parts and turnaround procedures on a single standard, which suits a small fleet. The narrow-body 737-800 also caps the airline’s range to short and medium-haul routes, limiting how far the network can stretch without adding a new type.
Fares and Access
Tickets for the Batumi-Tel Aviv service start at $230 one-way, per a published fare listing for the new route. The figure is the only publicly cited fare from Oneclick’s launch window. The route will run twice weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, matching the carrier’s two-aircraft rotation pattern.
The fare compares with what Israeli seasonal carriers charge for the same corridor, where summer peak pricing has historically run higher. Oneclick’s positioning as a low-cost carrier puts it below the corridor’s traditional pricing band, though the airline has not released comparison data. The carrier has not said whether it will add a Tbilisi-Batumi domestic rotation to pair with the two Tel Aviv services. The $230 figure is the only public fare datapoint from Oneclick’s launch window.
For now, the airline’s published map covers only two city pairs and one aircraft type. The first scheduled service, on July 2, was the carrier’s first published rotation, and the second test is the Tbilisi rotation due to open next week. The Tbilisi launch will run on the same days and use the same 737-800 type as the Batumi route. That gives Oneclick two confirmed scheduled services, both on Thursdays and Sundays, with no additional city pairs published. The published route map covers the airline’s only scheduled flying, with the carrier’s charter work continuing on the side. The two-route, two-aircraft setup is a deliberate small-fleet launch, designed to test the waters before adding more capacity.
- $230: Oneclick’s published one-way starting fare for the Batumi-Tel Aviv route
- Two: the number of Boeing 737-800s in Oneclick’s fleet
- 951,766: passengers handled by Batumi Airport in 2024
- 53%: the year-on-year jump in Batumi passenger traffic in 2024
- 1.2 million: the airport’s annual passenger capacity after the 2021 expansion
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Oneclick Airways start flying?
Oneclick Airways began commercial operations on October 25, 2025, starting with charter flights to destinations including Dubai and Thailand. The carrier added its first scheduled service, a Tel Aviv-Batumi rotation, on July 2, 2026, marking the transition from charter-only to a regular route map.
What aircraft does Oneclick Airways operate?
The carrier operates a two-aircraft fleet of Boeing 737-800 narrow-body jets, both based at Tbilisi. The type is designed for short and medium-haul routes and is the only aircraft in Oneclick’s fleet.
How often will Oneclick fly between Batumi and Tel Aviv?
The carrier will run two rotations per week on the Batumi-Tel Aviv corridor, on Thursdays and Sundays. The twice-weekly cadence is below most regional operators on the same route.
When does Oneclick’s Tbilisi-Tel Aviv service launch?
The Tbilisi-Tel Aviv route is scheduled to begin next week, in the days after the July 2 Batumi inaugural. The service will run on the same Thursday-Sunday cadence as the Batumi route.
