Ukraine: SkyUp opens base at Zaporizhzhia airport

SkyUp, a Ukrainian low-cost airline, has opened a new base at the Zaporizhzhia International Airport and intends to expand its flight geography, including from Zaporizhzhia city, CEO Yevhen Khainatskyi stated at a meeting held at Zaporizhzhia City Council on November 14. “SkyUp continues to expand the announced program from regions. In particular, the airline launched…

Ukraine: vehicle production down in October 2019

Ukrainian plants manufactured 913 motor vehicles in October, down by 13% MoM, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (UkrAutoProm). All statistics on cars was again formed by the assembly of Skoda cars at ZAO Eurocar. The October result of Eurocar made up 802 cars. The October production of commercial vehicles (the data does…

Georgia: external trade up in January-October 2019

Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $10.37 billion in January-October, up by 0.5% YoY, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). The value of exports increased by 10.4% and reached $3.04 billion, while imports decreased by 3.1%, amounting to $7.33 billion. The trade deficit of Georgia in January-October amounted to…

Azerbaijan: $350 million invested in UAE

Azerbaijan has invested about $350 million in the UAE economy, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said. Jabbarov made the remark at the fourth meeting of the Azerbaijan-UAE Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation in Baku. “Some $2.2 billion were invested in the Azerbaijani economy by the UAE, of which $900 million…