20 July 2026 | Newsroom

Diplomatic dialogue, economic cooperation and tourism are all developing steadily between Luxembourg and Georgia. A private-aviation expedition later this summer adds a fresh, people-to-people layer to the relationship.

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The relationship between Luxembourg and Georgia has moved forward on several fronts over the past year. Ministerial visits, parliamentary exchanges and cooperation on Georgia’s European integration path have all continued to develop. A private-aviation expedition organised under the patronage of the Honorary Consulate of Georgia in Luxembourg will add another layer this summer.

The formal architecture

The two countries’ formal architecture is well established. Luxembourg supports Georgia’s European path, engages regularly with the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and participates in the broader European Union framework of cooperation with Tbilisi. Recent parliamentary and ministerial visits in both directions — including the visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili to Luxembourg earlier in the year, and the Georgian parliamentary delegation that met Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies in June — have reaffirmed both sides’ commitment to strengthening dialogue.

Alongside this diplomatic architecture, cooperation on economic and tourism themes is advancing. Georgian institutions have made a clear strategic choice to look westward — through EU candidate status, an increasingly diversified investment climate, and active efforts to attract European visitors, businesses and long-term partnerships.

A different layer: private aviation

Alongside the formal channels, an unusual initiative is now taking shape. From 29 August to 12 September, the Private Pilot Expedition to Georgia 2026 will bring twenty-six privately owned light aircraft from ten European countries on a flight to Georgia and back. Organised under the patronage of the Honorary Consulate of Georgia in Luxembourg, the expedition will base itself at the Ambassadori Aviation Village in the Kakheti wine region for the ceremony window in early September.

What makes an initiative like this significant is not the flying itself, but the density of contacts it creates on the ground — pilots, families, air traffic controllers, airport staff, hotel teams, restaurateurs, aviation officials, tourism representatives. Each stop generates dozens of small human interactions between Europeans and Georgians, and those interactions are the raw material from which durable relationships are built.

Complementary, not competing

People-to-people initiatives of this kind do not replace formal diplomatic frameworks. They complement them. A parliamentary visit and a private-aviation expedition serve entirely different purposes — one operates through institutions, the other through individuals — and both are needed if a bilateral relationship is to have depth beyond paperwork.

Over the coming months, the Honorary Consulate will continue to publish updates on the expedition and on the broader development of the Luxembourg–Georgia relationship. Diplomacy, economy, culture and — this summer — the sky.

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Follow the expedition day-by-day at expedition.privatepilot.lu.