The European Investment Bank (EIB) is allocating EUR 5,750,000 to finance road safety in Georgia, the Roads Department of Georgia has announced. The grant will be used to improve the quality and safety of Georgian transportation. Specifically, EUR 150,000 will be used for environmental and social studies, while EUR 600,000 will be spent on identifying…
The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan has confirmed that Kazakhstan will suspend bus and railway communication with China. Samat Gilimov, Chairman of the Transport Committee of the Ministry, told a press briefing on January 29 that the Government of Kazakhstan was taking additional measures to prevent the spread of…
Georgia temporarily suspends direct flights with China to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Georgia, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) reports. The suspension of flights will be in place until March 29. Chinese aviation authorities and the airline company China Southern have already been notified about the flight suspension. Chinese airline company China Southern…
SkyUp Airlines is launching direct flights between Odesa and Heraklion, Odesa International Airport’s press service has reported. According to the report, the cost of a few-hours flight to the ancient city on the Greek island of Crete starts from UAH 1,559. “SkyUp Airlines opens the sale of tickets from Odesa to one of Greece’s most…
The financial indexes of last year of SE Klaipeda State Seaport Authority and scopes of the implemented investments manifest even bigger benefit generated for the national economics. The Lithuanian transport sector creates approximately 14% of the Lithuanian GDP, and significant part of this GDP is generated by Klaipeda Port and related activities, the port says…
According to preliminary estimates, in 2019, the profit of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) amounted to UAH 2.5-3 billion, Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov declared. “According to preliminary estimates, over the past year, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia generated UAH 2.5-3 billion in profit. Only NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy earns more than us,” Kravtsov said. He noted that the company…
Flights to Frankfurt, Istanbul and Warsaw were among those cancelled at the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport due to severe weather conditions. Besides 32 departing and arriving flights were delayed, its press service reports. It is prohibited to handle anti-icing fluid when wind gusts reach 15 m/s and more for safety reasons. Currently, the strong wind…