LLC Rigas mikroautobusu satiksme (RMS) has decided to shut down shuttle bus services on all routes in Riga until the state of emergency in Latvia is over, as confirmed by RMS. To halt the spread of COVID-19 in Latvia, including through public transport, Latvia has established a number of restrictions and security measures. Since March…
Lithuania’s wet-lease and charter services provider GetJet Airline has handed lay-off notices to 370 employees, the Employment Service has said. These include 14 technicians, eight flight coordinators, six maintenance control coordinators, five crew coordinators, five auditors and four financial controllers. GetJet Airlines had a total of 392 employees in February, based on data from the…
Municipalities are urged to consider the option to abolish public transport discounts and benefits for certain groups to reduce the risk of people from risk groups getting infected, as well as to more accurately organize the flow of passengers, according to a Twitter post by the Transport Minister Talis Linkaits. Based on the minister’s order…
Wizz Air, the Hungarian budget airline, has extended the suspension of all flights to and from Vilnius until April 30. “The decision was made as a response to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the statement by the company reads. All affected passengers will be informed, Wizz Air said. If they bought tickets directly…
Ukraine will leave Boryspil International Airport the only operating one as part of the measures to curb Covid-19 spread, that’s according to Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy. “Only Boryspil International Airport will remain operating in Ukraine. From 12:00 on March 24, passengers are also barred from air travel for tourism. I apologize for the inconvenience,…
Public transport will work in Bishkek during state of emergency from 7.00 to 19.00, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, the Commandant of the capital, Almaz Orozaliev, has announced. “As for taxis, we will set the condition for citizens carrying out private transportation to undergo a transport disinfection procedure,” he said. Almaz Orozaliev…
The number of passengers serviced by Ukrainian transport companies in January-February decreased by 0.1% YoY, to 15 billion passenger-kilometers, according to the data provided by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Over the reporting period, 675.8 million passengers used the services of domestic transport companies, down by 1.5%. In particular, the number of passengers carried…