Air Kyrgyzstan OJSC could not withstand the competition due to the entry into market of the Turkish airline Pegasus, Russian Ural Airlines, S7, Yamal and private Kyrgyz airlines, report of the Accounts Chamber of Kyrgyzstan on the results of audit of the company for 2018-2019 showed. According to the results of financial and production activities,…
The Latvian national airline airBaltic and Riga International Airport have signed a land lease to construct a new cargo hangar Baltic Cargo Hub within the airport’s territory. This hub is planned to become the biggest freight-processing center in the Baltic region, as reported by the airline. Current plans suggest the total area of Baltic Cargo…
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on April 19 announced the planned transformation of Uzbekistan Airways and Uzbekistan Airports in a bid to improve the effectiveness of these companies. New measures aim at reducing the expenses of Uzbekistan Airways by $46.5 million. The staff of the company and its structural organizations are set to be optimized, a…
In January-March, the Freeport of Riga (Latvia) handled 5.39 million tons of cargo, down by 15.3% YoY. According to the port’s statistics, handing of grain increased by 42.6%, to 832,700 tons, ore – by 42.9%, to 199.600 tons, wood pellets – by 9.3%, to 588,700 tons, sawn timber – over 2-fold, to 116,700 tons, and…
Latvia’s national carrier airBaltic will be operating a direct flight link between the Latvian and Scottish capitals, Riga and Edinburgh, from June 4. While weekly direct flights have in the past linked Riga and Glasgow, the new link will run twice weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, using the airline’s Airbus A220-300 planes. While Estonia closed…
Samarkand air harbor is about to become a major tourist hub. The entire airport is soon to receive a program which is expected to systematize the most complex system of the commissioning of a new terminal. The project company Air Marakanda, together with specialists from Munich International Airport (Germany) and Istanbul International Airport (Turkey), is…
Dnipropetrovsk airport has been officially renamed into Dnipro airport, according to the Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Vladyslav Kryklii. “The previous name of the airport “Dnipropetrovsk” has remained in the past. In the aerodrome certificates, aeronautical information data, information materials, as well as in the registers, the airport is already named Dnipro,” the minister wrote on…