Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to increase the number of regular flights to reduce ticket prices, Stalbek Sharsheev, Director of the Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Transport and Roads of Kyrgyzstan, has announced at a press conference. “There are currently two regular flights to the Russian Federation per week. Flights from Bishkek to Moscow are…
In 2020, the Kyiv metro carried 279.5 million passengers, down by 215.8 million, or by 56% YoY, Deputy Chairman of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Hustieliev announced. “The coronavirus pandemic and quarantine restrictions affected the number of passengers carried in the past year. However, the leading stations in terms of passenger traffic remain unchanged. Thus,…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in 2020 fell by 10% YoY, to 6,603,200 tons, the Port Authority reported. In the reporting period, handling of grain and cereal products declined by 0.5%, to 2,879,700 tons, handling of anthracite fell almost 4-fold, to 272,700 tons, building materials – by 17.7%, to 740,000 tons, while…
LTG Cargo, a part of Lithuania’s state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LTG), has established a subsidiary in Ukraine, according to the company’s press release. LTG Cargo Ukraine will first offer rolling stock rental, forwarding and other freight transportation services as part of its expansion strategy. “Our new line of business is a planned strategic step…
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…