In 2018, passenger traffic at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) increased by 51.9% YoY and amounted to 2.812 million people, the airport’s press service reports. In particular, 2.727 million passengers were carried on international routes, and 84.8 thousand passengers – on domestic routes. A total of 30,248 flights were operated in 2018, up by…
DetailsThe state-run military-industrial Concern Ukroboronprom in 2018 transferred 50 aircraft and helicopters to the Ukrainian Army, after their upgrade and repair performed by Ukraine’s aviation industry cluster, which included 16 enterprises, all part of the concern. The list includes Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 attack aircraft, Su-24 strike aircraft, An-26 and Il-76 transport aircraft, L-39…
DetailsAccording to the information released by Statistics Estonia morning, the production of industrial enterprises increased by 8% YoY in November 2018, with production increasing in manufacturing and energy, but decreasing in mining. Total production in manufacturing in November 2018 increased by 8%, with over half of all industry branches exceeding its 2017 November volumes. This…
DetailsIn 2019, Uzbekistan plans to increase exports to Ukraine to $220 million and resume flights between Tashkent and Kiev. The announcement was made by the Uzbek Ambassador to Ukraine Alisher Abdualiyev. In addition, it is planned to develop projects to attract direct investments of $10 million in Uzbekistan for the production of pharmaceutical products. It…
DetailsVolumes of freight traffic through the Turkmenbashi International Seaport in Turkmenistan are growing. Ships delivering construction materials from Iran are unloaded at the port berths, and the Kazakh wheat is being loaded onto Iranian cargo ships. The port provides transshipment of goods arriving for Afghanistan and in the opposite direction – to Azerbaijan and Turkey.…
DetailsAccording to the results of 11 months of 2018, domestic agricultural and food exports grew by $621.4 million compared with the corresponding period in 2017 and totaled $17.02 billion. “The foreign trade turnover of the agro-industrial complex products reached $21.9 billion or 23.1% of Ukraine’s total foreign trade turnover. The domestic agrarian and food exports…
DetailsUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that a record high number of roads was repaired in Ukraine in 2018. “The year 2018 has seen a record high number of repaired roads in Ukraine: 3,800 km of both national and local loads have been repaired thanks to the launch of the Road Fund,” he wrote on Facebook.…
DetailsAccording to information released by Statistics Estonia, in November 2018, the turnover of retail trade enterprises totaled EUR 604 million, accelerating from 3% growth YoY in October to 5% growth at constant prices. The turnover of stores selling manufactured goods increased by 10% YoY. Turnover increased in most economic activities, except in stores selling second-hand…
DetailsLithuania has acquired additional combat and training missiles for the Norwegian medium-range aid defense systems NASAMS it is buying from Norway, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defense said. Due to security reasons, the ministry does not disclose either the volume of the additional missiles, or the price, only saying that the total value of the purchase,…
DetailsThe passenger flow at Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport in 2018 amounted to 12.6 million people, the airport’s press service has informed on Facebook. “The most important indicator of the airport’s successful operation is the number of people who took advantage of our services. Since 2014 Boryspil International Airport has been demonstrating a steady growth, so…
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