Dart Airline (Kyiv) has suspended servicing its own flights over low occupancy of planes, the airline has reported. “This happened around two or three weeks ago,” the airline said. According to the register of civil planes, as of February 13, Dart airline does not have aircraft. However, Airbus A320-212 plane with UR-CII code, Airbus A321-211…
DetailsThe public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has denied information that the company has allegedly been involved in transportation of military cargo from Russia to Transdniestria. “According to the information from the automated systems of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, the transportation of military cargoes indicated in the application was not carried out from the Russian Federation to Transdniestria,” the…
DetailsFinnish shipper Viking Line has shifted the departure times of its vessel Viking XPRS on the Tallinn-Helsinki route to one hour earlier. Based on the schedule that entered into force on February 12, Viking XPRS is to depart from Tallinn at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and from Helsinki at 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.,…
DetailsPresident of Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov confirmed the structure of the Turkmen part of Turkmen-Belarus intergovernmental committee on scientific and technological cooperation. Document was signed in order to further develop cooperation between Turkmenistan and Belarus, a message of the Turkmen government said. Turkmenistan is one of the key partners of Belarus in Central Asia, message on…
DetailsValdo Kalm, CEO of the Estonian state-owned port company Port of Tallinn, said that possible cooperation with Chinese companies would most likely be together with the state-owned rail freight operator EVR Cargo. “Interest in and openness to cooperation with Chinese companies is of course there from our side,” Kalm said. “There was certain activity that…
DetailsThe banking system of Ukraine, including both solvent and insolvent financial institutions, saw UAH 25.972 billion in losses in 2017, down 6-fold YoY. According to the data released on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine, solvent banks in 2017 reported a UAH 24.360 billion loss, while insolvent ones saw a loss of UAH…
DetailsUkraine’s large and medium-sized producers made 13.9 KMT of mayonnaise in December 2017, up by 12% MoM and YoY, when its production was at 12.4 KMT. In the full 2017 year mayonnaise production gained 0.7% and amounted to 125.5 KMT against 124.6 KMT in 2016. As a reminder, mayonnaise production has been staying at a…
DetailsFreight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January climbed by 10% YoY, to 643,000 tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period transshipment of grain declined by 0.3%, to 286,900 tons, while construction materials grew by 68.3%, to 54,800 tons, but timber fell by 14.8%, to 26,200 tons, and oil products surged…
DetailsAccording to information released by Statistics Estonia, the exports of goods increased by 8% and imports by 9% YoY in 2017, with exports totaling EUR 12.8 billion and imports to Estonia EUR 14.7 billion at current prices. The trade deficit in 2017 was EUR 1.9 billion, up by EUR 315 million. The increase in the…
DetailsThe organizations affiliated with the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim increased the export of goods to $7.7 billion in 2017, by 27.5% YoY, Belneftekhim Chairman Igor Lyashenko noted at a session to assess the performance of the concern in 2017. In 2017 the concern met the main targets in foreign trade in goods and services.…
DetailsThe Kyiv international airport (Zhuliany) serviced 155,500 passengers in January, up by 43.8% YoY. The press service of the airport reported that the number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 149,600 and on domestic flights – 5,900. The number of flights in January accounted for 1,876 (departures and arrivals), up by 19.3%, including 1,552…
DetailsOne more top Arab air carrier may appear in Ukraine, which will perform flights from regional Ukrainian airports to Asia, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan said. “Negotiations are under way with one of the top Arab carriers, and I am sure they are successful. If this air carrier starts transportations from Lviv to Asia…
DetailsPassenger traffic in the two Armenian airports grew by 9.1% YoY in January, the general department of civil aviation reveals. Overall, 189,177 people used the services of Zvartnots airport in the capital city, Yerevan, and Shirak airport in the northern city of Gyumri. According to the data, 892 tons of cargo were transported at Zvartnots…
DetailsCodest, an Italian company, will become the general contractor for the project to build Gazprom Center in Minsk, the press service of Gazprom Transgaz Belarus reported. A relevant package of documents was signed in Minsk. Gazprom Transgaz Belarus will be the project customer and investor. The construction of the multifunctional facility started in Minsk in…
DetailsIn 2017 Kyrgyzstan produced 4,610.1 million dekaliters of alcoholic beverages, the Directorate for the Regulation, Control over the Production and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic and Alcohol-Containing Products reported. “In 2017 at least 42 enterprises operated in the alcohol industry, including 5 alcohol and 6 vodka plants, 13 breweries and 18 wineries,” the directorate said.…
DetailsAstarta in the 2017-2018 marketing year (MY, September-August) reduced sugar production by 8%, to 463,000 tons compared to the previous MY, the company’s press service has reported. According to its information, Astarta plants processed about 3.1 million tons of sugar beets. The reduction of sugar production is due to a lower than planned sugar beet…
DetailsThe State Enterprise Antonov, a part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom, continues to increase net income from product sales. The enterprise has increased its profitability 4-fold since 2015, the press service of Ukroboronprom reports. “In 2017 this figure, according to operational data, amounted to UAH 5.9 billion, up 1.6-fold YoY. Antonov also increased net profit,…
DetailsAccording to the preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves totaled $6,477 million as of February 1, the Information and PR Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) reported. In January the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves went down by $837.9 million (11.5%). “The January decrease in Belarus’ international…
DetailsTrade turnover between Armenia and Switzerland grew 3.6-fold in 2017, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan said at a meeting with Dominique de Buman, President of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation. “We should consistently build on our achievements in bilateral economic ties,” the PM said. “We are confident that Armenia may attract Swiss capital,…
DetailsThe Director of the Bishkek Heating and Power Plant, Andrey Voropayev, guarantees that the breakdown will not happen again. He said this at a meeting of the Bishkek City Council. The deputies asked about possibility of repetition of an extraordinary situation at the HPP. Andrey Voropayev assured that the probability was minimal. “Modernization of HPP…
DetailsThe state-owned enterprise Mariupol maritime Merchandise port (Donetsk region) handled 5.882 million tons of cargo in 2017, down by 15.5% YoY. The enterprise’s press service reported that over the period the port saw over UAH 186 million in net profit. “Among the difficulties that the port had to cope with in 2017 was the low…
DetailsIn January seaports of Ukraine handled 10.8 million tons of cargo, up by 10.9% YoY, says the press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. Transshipment of export cargo fell by 1.1%, to 7.8 million tons, including 1.5 million tons of metal (+21.2%), 26,300 TEUs of containerized cargo (+17%) and 3.1 million tons of grain (+1.1%).…
DetailsIn 2018 Tajikistan plans to increase the planted areas under oilseed crops to 46.73 thousand ha, up by 22.84 thousand ha YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. According to the announcement, agrarians will plant grains in the autumn and spring planting campaigns throughout 145.34 thousand ha and 104.9 thousand ha, respectively. It was noted that…
DetailsThe National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) has published a roadmap of the main objectives and strategic initiatives for 2018, according to the website of the bank. “The National Bank makes plans for its operations in line with the main objectives set in the Banking Code and the NBRB Statute. The planning system…
DetailsKazakhstan will launch a direct flight from its Atyrau city to Frankfurt. “Kazakhstan will implement new international flights from its regions. A regular direct flight from Atyrau city to Frankfurt will be launched on March 26. The flights will be operated on an Airbus-321 aircraft. The flights schedule will include 2 flights a week on…
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