David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport KUT / UGKO

Full passenger and ramp/turnaround ground handling is self-operated by the airport operator; Kutaisi's own "About Us" page (kutaisi.aero/en/about) states verbatim: "Ground Handling - Operated By UAG (equipped with brand new TLD equipment 2012)". UAG = United Airports of Georgia, the state operator branded Georgian Airports (airports.ge), confirmed as the operator of Kutaisi on airports.ge/en.

Georgian Petroleum LLC (est. 2001, Georgian-capital company) operates a fuel branch/terminal at Kutaisi International Airport, explicitly listed verbatim on its own site (airgp.ge) as "Branch (terminal): Kutaisi International Airport, Kopitnari (KUT / UKGG)" alongside its Tbilisi head office and Batumi branch. Supplies Jet A-1 and TS-1 with into-plane fuelling, storage, laboratory quality-control checks and its own refuelling technical staff. The airport's own B2B/ground-handling page also lists this company (via •••, confirmed as the site's own contact address) as the designated "fuel prices" contact for Kutaisi.

De/anti-icing is arranged directly through the airport's own operations desk: the B2B/ground-handling-charges page (kutaisi.aero/en/b2b) lists a dedicated contact line "For operational matters, de-icing and other services" routed to •••, confirming in-house winter de-icing capability at UAG rather than a separate named de-icing contractor. Genuine seasonal need is corroborated by a kutaisi.aero report describing runway/taxiway de-icing-fluid treatment and aircraft-icing preventive measures during a western-Georgia snow event that diverted Batumi traffic to Kutaisi.

No separately named cabin-cleaning contractor is advertised; aircraft interior/turnaround cleaning is presumed bundled into UAG's self-operated full ground-handling scope (standard practice for a self-handling airport operator per its own "ground handling operated by UAG" statement), but this is not separately documented and should be treated as unconfirmed.

GSE fleet is owned and operated in-house by UAG (TLD-brand ramp equipment per the airport's own "About Us" page). A UAG news release (kutaisi.aero, dated ~2026-04-23) headlined "Kutaisi International Airport's aviation security and airfield special equipment fully renewed" confirms a ~3.16M GEL in-house upgrade of 17 GSE units at Kutaisi, including an ambulift, boarding stairs, cargo conveyor belts, an aircraft tug, ground power units, cargo tractors, a sanitation vehicle and an air starter unit.

No dedicated cargo terminal or freight operator is advertised on the airport's site (sitemap has no cargo page); Kutaisi is primarily an LCC passenger hub. Any belly-hold freight/mail handling is presumed folded into UAG's general ground-handling remit rather than run by a separately named cargo company — unconfirmed.

Aviation security screening/guarding is provided in-house by the airport operator UAG; the same ~2026-04-23 kutaisi.aero news release confirms UAG replaced walk-through metal detectors with modern body-scanning technology in the departure terminal (mirroring an equivalent rollout at Tbilisi), evidencing an active self-run security function. Regulated-agent/screening-certificate detail is unconfirmed — no separate GCAA certificate number located.