In 2020, the port of Ventspils handled 12.9 million tons of cargo, down by 37% YoY, the Port Authority statistics said. In December 2020, the port handled 1.07 million tons of cargo, including 697,000 tons of liquid bulk cargo, 183,000 tons of dry bulk cargo and 188,000 tons of general cargo. In the reporting period,…
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will suspend flights on 70% of its routes from Kyiv until the end of March. Until the spring of 2021, the airline will continue to operate only three out of 30 flights from the Boryspil International Airport – to Vienna, Berlin and Valencia. At the same time, Ryanair plans to…
Ukrzaliznytsia carried 196,100 passengers on long-distance trains during the New Year holidays – between December 31, 2020 and January 3, 2021, the state rail operator’s press service reported. According to the report, 33,100 passengers were transported in Intercity+ high-speed trains during this period. “The greatest demand was for trains going in the western direction, in…
Despite the negative consequences for Iran and Kyrgyzstan in 2020, many efforts have been made to ensure positive and acceptable trend in relations with Iran, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Kyrgyzstan Saeed Kharrazi has said at his first press conference. According to him, the parties are now trying to resume direct flights…
SkyUp Airlines will launch Kyiv-Memmingen-Kyiv flights from March 30, the airline’s press service reports. Flights will be operated three times a week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Departures from Kyiv are scheduled for 10:15. Memmingen is a small Bavarian town with a sense of history. The city location makes it possible to get from it…
As passenger carrying services to and from Britain resume, Riga International Airport expects to receive 634 passengers from this country, as confirmed by the airport’s representative Laura Kulakova. On January 2, following the reopening of passenger services, Riga airport received a total of 179 passengers from Britain. On January 3, it was planned to receive…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law Bill “On Inland Water Transport”, which regulates legal relations in the industry. The document defines the legal, economic and organizational basis for inland water transportation. It regulates relations in the field of navigation on the inland waterways of Ukraine. In particular, the law lays down conditions for…