Are flights between Batumi and Sochi/Russia often delayed?

From messages by 4 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 54 days ago

TL;DR

Yes, delays on this route are common — ranging from 30-40 minutes up to 4 hours, sometimes with check-in and boarding pushed back multiple times. Build in extra time buffer, especially if you have a connection.

What the community said

A flight scheduled for 19:50 was pushed to 20:25 (about 35 min delay). The traveler also recalls a July flight on the same route with a delay of almost 4 hours.

Delay up to 4 hours

A morning Red Wings (RW) flight was already delayed on the day of departure. Last year a similar situation caused a 2-hour delay.

Red Wings — recurring delays

A passenger flying from Sochi describes: check-in was first delayed by a couple of hours, then boarding was pushed back several more times by 15-40 minutes each — total airport wait ended up much longer than scheduled.

Another passenger the same day saw everyone quickly deplaned, something was fixed technically, and then boarded back onto the same aircraft — the whole procedure was relatively quick.

Technical issue — resolved quickly