VIM Airlines is set to add a maiden A330-200 to its fleet. Formerly in service with EVA Air it was ferried from Lourdes/Tarbes to Dublin Int’l earlier this month for painting and maintenance ahead of its delivery to Russia. The aircraft is owned and managed by SMBC Aviation Capital. VIM Airlines operational fleet currently entails…
Russia’s Imperial Porcelain Factory (IPF) will open an outlet in Bahrain this October to reach the Middle East market, Chief Executive Officer of the company Tatiana Tylevich said. “We will sign a contract in September and our products will appear there in October. It will be an outlet in a department store in Manama”, Tylevich…
Russian Helicopters Group is planning to sign a contract with India before the yearend to overhaul three Mil Mi-26 (NATO reporting name: Halo) heavy military transport rotorcraft, Group Deputy CEO for After-Sale Maintenance Igor Chechikov said. “India is a key strategic partner for Russian Helicopters Group and a major operator of Russian-made rotorcraft”, he added.…
Federal State Statistic Service has changed its estimate of oilseeds acreage for the 2016/2017 crop. Correction was made for all oil crops to a greater or lesser degree. In this regard, production estimates were also revised. Some analysts give bold projections and work with close to record productivity, while others are more modest in their…
According to official data, as of August 8, farmers have threshed 17.663 million ha (37.4%) of grains and legumes against 15.6 million ha as of August 8, 2015. 62.526 MMT was harvested with average yield 3.54 MT/ha (48.414 MMT in 2015 with 3.1 MT/ha). Wheat was threshed from 11.745 million ha (42.4%) against 11.326 million…
At the beginning of the new 2016/2017 season Ukrainian grain market faced an unusually high demand for railroad transportation. Due to falling competitiveness of road transport for grain exports, an increased load on railway network revealed problems in grain infrastructure. This once again proves the need for further development and modernization of transport and logistics…
Peas harvesting is nearly over in Ukraine. This year in Ukraine peas acreage exceeded last year’s area by 33% and reached five-year high. And not only favorable weather during sowing contributed to this. In 2015 peas appeared to be one of the most profitable agri crops among grains and pulses, as well as more attractive…