Georgia Away - 6th September 2008

[SuperDave]

Seems to be the norm everywhere, just seen that Air Baltic do this for £275 with a connect in Riga, Used next Sept/Oct.

what price ryanair to riga, next flight with air baltic? might be cheaper still.

[pineapple stu]

Interesting note on the tourism website -

You may have heard news reports about civil unrest in Tbilisi on November 7th. Due to the government's firm and swift response to the situation today the streets are calm and the city is peaceful. All the airports, bus and train stations, restaurants and hotels are open. Life goes on as normal and the Georgia is a perfectly safe travel destination. There is certainly no resentment towards foreigners of any nationality, by anyone, and all are welcome and still offered the legendary traditional Georgian hospitality. Moreover, the wine harvest is in, and the celebrations have begun. Should you have any questions or need more information, please see the President 's web site:
www.president.gov.ge

Happy Holidays!

All is well...all is well!

[SuperDave]

Interesting note on the tourism website -



All is well...all is well!

brought to you by the ministry of mis...[cough]

your friends at the ministry of INFORMATION.

[Saint Tom]

brought to you by the ministry of mis...[cough]

your friends at the ministry of INFORMATION.

Comical ALi: "the americans are retreating" springs to mind

good shout with airbaltic. they could come in very handy with future eastern european ties

[Dazzy]

what price ryanair to riga, next flight with air baltic? might be cheaper still.

Could work out cheaper but flights are not on sale yet.

[Saint Tom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29

makes for interesting reading.

Dont know if the above link has previously been posted. Mods feel free to remove if so.

[pineapple stu]

Wikitravel links for all countries and capitals on the summary thread.

[CollegeTillIDie]

It may be possible to get there via Moscow too folks if all other flights are booked out!

[Jerry The Saint]

So.... anyone know what airlines fly from Tbilisi to Podgorica?

Or do you reckon it would be walking distance...

[AidoM]

So.... anyone know what airlines fly from Tbilisi to Podgorica?

Or do you reckon it would be walking distance...

Another Bratislava Express

[SuperDave]

ridiculous. probably the two most inaccessible away games, one after the other.

how the fuuck are fans meant to go to both away games?

terrible terrible scheduling, betraying a total lack of consideration for travelling fans on behalf of the fai. and is there any potential that this will be acknowledged? not a hope.

[shakermaker1982]

geez this is a nightmare - I'm trying different combinations but it looks an expensive outing.

[SuperDave]

flying to vienna and taking a train may be an option, though the train takes about 22 hours. fly from georgia to vienna on sunday, stay sunday in vienna, day train to serbia on monday and and overnight train to podgorica on the monday night/tuesday morning.

austrian rails website has europe wide timetabling

http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.ex...01907&OK#focus

the alternative is to fly to istanbul and take three connecting trains from there. podgorica is a very difficult place to get to.

i can barely find two connecting flights between the two cities. even getting from tbilisi to belgrade is fraught with difficulty.

about €800 going tbilisi - munich - vienna - podgorica on austrian airlines

£500 going tbilisi - istanbul - budapest - podgorica on turkish airlines.

not a cheap trip in the slightest. doomed in that neither are ryanair destinations.

looks like one or the other away trip for most people.

[gspain]

Tbilisi is expensive. Best I could get was STG£340 inc t&c out via Riga on Air Baltic back via Prague. It gets me back into Dublin at 10.15am on the Sunday morning but means less than 24 hours in the country.

Aerlingus is cheap to Dubrovnik less than €200 return Monday to Friday. I probably won't have the time though. With England in Zagreb confirmed yesterday for the 10th this is a nightmare to plan.

Didn't try Tbilisi to Podgorica but Dubrovnik, tirana and Sarajevo are options there too.

[SuperDave]

Tbilisi is expensive. Best I could get was STG£340 inc t&c out via Riga on Air Baltic back via Prague. It gets me back into Dublin at 10.15am on the Sunday morning but means less than 24 hours in the country.

Aerlingus is cheap to Dubrovnik less than €200 return Monday to Friday. I probably won't have the time though. With England in Zagreb confirmed yesterday for the 10th this is a nightmare to plan.

Didn't try Tbilisi to Podgorica but Dubrovnik, tirana and Sarajevo are options there too.

this looks cheapest:

ryanair dublin - riga sept 4th 16:50 - 21:50
airbaltic riga - tbilisi sept 5th 22:40 - 03:10 (next day/match day) (so 24hr stopover in riga, flying in game morning)

airbaltic tbilisi - riga sept 8th 03:45 - 06:20
ryanair riga - dublin sept 8th 22:15 - 23:20

aerlingus dublin - dubrovnik sept 10th 07:30 - 11:45
aerlingus dubrovnik - dublin sept 12th 12:40 - 15:05

total ryanair cost 95.84
total airbaltic cost 140.15
total aerlingus cost 217.56

about e450 total for flights, but you only get into dubrovnik on the morning of the game. you'd probably need car hire to get to podgorica, and it's probably 100 - 150 kms. on bad roads that might be 4hours drive, so it's a big risk, especially with the international border to negotiate. if the game was a 4/5pm kickoff local time, which it could be, this would be a very hairy route to try.

[Beavis]

Charter anyone?

[SuperDave]

Charter anyone?

best charter is dublin - tbilisi - podgorica, in to tb on game morning, out right after and party in podgorica.

charter airlines charge two rates:

1) per hour, flying

and

2) per hour, sitting on the runway

the second is a killer, so you can really only fly in two or three hours before gametime and out right after

time is money.

[MariborKev]

Anyone considering the train from Belgrade, it's a 24 hr trip.......

[Mayo_Bhoy]

Anyone considering the train from Belgrade, it's a 24 hr trip.......

Sounds like an option. Any details??

[gspain]

Here are my flight details. Only suitable for those short on time. 24 hours 55 mins in Tbilisi. Cost STG£340

Prague to Dubrovnik/Sarajevo/Tirana/Podgorica has to be an option for those who don't need to come home between games.

Flight summary



Fri 5-Sep-08

Dublin (DUB)
Depart 13:40 to Riga (RIX)
Arrive 18:40 1,207 mi
(1,942 km)
Duration: 3hr 0min
BT Air Baltic
Flight: 662



3Economy/Coach Class, Boeing 737-500





Riga (RIX)
Depart 22:40 to Tbilisi (TBS)
Arrive 03:10 +1 day 1,399 mi
(2,251 km)
Duration: 3hr 30min
BT Air Baltic
Flight: 722



3Economy/Coach Class, Boeing 737-500





Total distance: 2,606 mi (4,194 km)
Total duration: 6hr 30min (10hr 30min with connections)


Sun 7-Sep-08

Tbilisi (TBS)
Depart 04:05 to Prague (PRG)
Arrive 05:55
Terminal 1 1,567 mi
(2,522 km)
Duration: 3hr 50min
OK Czech Airlines
Flight: 935



3Economy/Coach Class, Snack, Airbus A319





Prague (PRG)
Depart 08:40
Terminal 1 to Dublin (DUB)
Arrive 10:15 905 mi
(1,456 km)
Duration: 2hr 35min
OK Czech Airlines
Flight: 670



3Economy/Coach Class, Snack, Boeing 737-500





Total distance: 2,472 mi (3,978 km)
Total duration: 6hr 25min (9hr 10min with connections)