The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is carrying out works to improve the AN-158 regional jet, the company has said on its official Facebook page. “Nowadays, the aircraft are tested to widen operational conditions for all the aircraft of the AN-1X8 family. After that, the aircraft will be reequipped with Western and Ukraine-made equipment and systems…
The proposed amendments to the Tax Code plan a 23% flat income tax, which in turn will reduce year-by-year and reach 20%, Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan told lawmakers at hearings of the economic affairs committee. A representative of a civil society organization asked the official, which countries they’d observed in terms of experience…
FlyArystan low-cost airline has performed its first flight landing in Nur-Sultan, the Telegram Channel of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Kazakh Industry and Infrastructure Development Ministry reads. The solemn presentation of the first flight of FlyArystan low-cost carrier took place at the airport. Samruk Kazyna CEO Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Kazakh Industry and Infrastructure Development Minister…
In the coming months, the production of new Peugeot 207 will begin in Azerbaijan’s Neftchala industrial site, Chairman of the Board of AzerMash OJSC Emin Akhundov declared. Production will begin this summer, he noted. “The price of Peugeot 207 cars, equipped with an automatic transmission, will be 17,500 manats. We are currently negotiating with the…
Given the decline in gas prices on the European market, the Ukrainian government and the National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to cut regulated gas price for households and heat producers to market level in May from UAH 8,550 ($321) per 1,000 cubic meters to UAH 8,247 ($310). “Upon the order of the Cabinet…
Ukraine’s military expenditure grew by 21%, to $4.8 billion in 2018. Total world military expenditure rose to $1.8 trillion in 2018, representing an increase of 2.6% from 2017, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The five biggest spenders in 2018 were the United States, China, Saudi Arabia, India and…
Latvian airline airBaltic on April 27 in Riga welcomed its 17th Airbus A220-300 jet of 2019, registered as YL-AAQ. This was the third Airbus A220-300 received this year, and five more new aircraft will have joined the airline’s fleet by the end of the year. “Thus far, airBaltic has carried over 2,350,000 passengers on the…