In January-September, the port of Ventspils handled 9.6 million tons of cargo, down 1.73-fold YoY, with the number of calls having decreased by 16%, to 989, the Port Authority statistics said. In 2019, the port increased its result by 0.8%. This year, the port’s throughput has been decreasing since January. Ventspils port is located near…
Kazakhstan is planning to cut down air communication with Ukraine, the UAE, Germany and Belarus, chief sanitary officer Yerlan Kiyassov has said. During an online press briefing, Kiyassov revealed that the plans would be implemented in the nearest future and were dictated by the worsening epidemiological situation in those countries. The move, in his words,…
The volume of railway freights in January-September declined by 45.5% YoY, to 17.241 million tons, according to data compiled by the Transport Ministry. This includes 15.812 million tons of international transports, down by 47.9%. The volume of domestic transports has increased by 12.1%, to 1.429 million tons. According to available information, the volume of transit…
A new carrier operating flights between Tallinn and Kuressaare, the capital of the island of Saaremaa, brings with it a change to flight timetables, in response to islanders’ complaints that the morning service to Tallinn arrived too late in the day. NyxAir won the tender after a lengthy process, replacing Lithuanian firm Transaviabaltika, and the…
Troubled state-owned airline Nordica may have to be privatized in the years to come, due to European Commission rules requiring the repayment of state aid. Management board chair Erki Urva says that European Commission rules require state aid, which amounts in the case of Nordica to EUR 30 million and was issued after the peak…
Ukraine’s Windrose Airlines has started selling tickets for direct flights on the Kyiv-Kherson route, according to Kherson Regional State Administration. “Windrose has opened the sale of tickets for direct flights from Kyiv to Kherson. Flights will be operated five times a week until the end of October. The schedule will allow Kherson residents to make…
Uzbekistan Airways has decided not to create a low-cost airline yet, the First Deputy Chair of the National Airline Umid Khusanov reports. “Yes, we were planning to create a low-cost airline within the Uzbekistan Airways. We reconsidered our plans and decided not to go forward with the idea for now. We plan to create a…