On November 4, Ukraine International Airlines and Amadeus signed a partnership agreement, enabling UIA to drive revenue generation and growth. The parties were represented by Yuri Miroshnikov, UIA President, and Julia Sattel, Global Head of Airline IT, Amadeus. UIA has chosen the Amadeus Altea Suite, which provides the carrier with a complete Passenger Service System…
In January-October Russian coal exports climbed by 20.2% YoY, to 135,772,130 tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In October, coal exports totaled 14,683,100 tons. Coal production in October totaled 33,186,500 tons (27,907,900 tons supplied). (Portnews/Business World Magazine)
A member of Russian food retailer Magnit’s board of directors, former director of its operating unit Tander Vladimir Gordeichuk is selling a 1.3% stake in the company. The price of the shares will be set during an accelerated collection of bids. UBS will act as the organizer of the deal. According to Magnit, Gordeichuk holds…
Enefit Energiatootmine AS (fully owned subsidiary of Eesti Energia Group) has reached a settlement with GE (including Alstom Estonia AS, GE Power Sp.z o.o and Alstom Power Systems) regarding the new Auvere power plant. The plant was due to be handed over to Eesti Energia by GE in November 2015 but acceptance has been delayed…
Projects in the pharmaceutical sector, the sphere of agriculture technologies and high-technology industry may accelerate cooperation between Russia and Israel and stimulate growth of mutual trade, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. At present, trade between the countries amounts to $2 billion, he said, adding that the figure had fallen by around 30% due to the…
In 2016 Belarus demonstrated the lowest index of rapeseed production during 8 recent years. But since the beginning of the current season, the oilseed import volumes were estimated as quite moderate, due to the higher offer prices of imported rapeseed in comparison with the Belarusian oilseed, as well as price environment of the rapeseed oil…
The Ukrainian government has issued fines totaling 721.236 million UAH ($28.25 million) to Russian airlines carrying out commercial services to Simferopol. Ukraine has refused to recognize Russian jurisdiction over the Crimea following the latter’s unilateral annexation of the province in 2014. As such, Ukraine has issued over 5,000 fines to Russian airlines for serving Simferopol,…