Riga City Council’s Transport Department has signed a contract worth EUR 42.5 million with an association of suppliers OTC for the construction of a new bypass in Sarkandaugava, the department reports. The contract provides for the first stage of construction of the transport bypass over railway like Riga-Skulte. According to information available on the website…
The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan has recommended citizens to temporarily refrain from buying tickets of the Bek Air company. “In connection with the suspension of the Bek Air company’s air operator certificate, we recommend citizens to temporarily refrain from buying tickets of the company,” the ministry’s statement on…
In 2020 Kharkiv International Airport will open new flights to Budapest, Burgas and Heraklion, the airport’s marketing manager Alina Pecherytsia reported. “From January 16 the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will launch flights to Budapest twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday. The cost of a one-way ticket without luggage begins from UAH 452. From June…
Listed Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp carried a record 9,763,210 passengers on all of its vessels and routes combined in 2019, up by 0.1% YoY. The biggest increase in the number of passengers was on Tallink’s Finland-Sweden routes, where the company transported 1.7% more passengers in 2019 than in 2018. In total, the company transported 2,894,494…
62.1% of businesses consider the quality of local and international transport and the state of roads in Latvia poor or very poor, according to Turiba University’s Business Index. 34.4% of businesses are positive or more or less positive. Generally, however, 19.6% of businesses gave this factor a negative outlook. Analyzing regional data, it was concluded…
On December 30, 2019 the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) and Wabtec (GE Transportation) signed a memorandum, which provided for conclusion of contracts for the delivery of 40 General Electric TE33AC locomotives in 2020 and the provision of maintenance service for 70 such locomotives. “We plan to purchase 40 General Electric locomotives…
With the arrival of a Moscow-Yerevan flight, the Zvartnots International Airport’s 2019 passenger flow exceeded 3,000,000 for the first time in its history. On this occasion, the airport’s administration surprised the passengers of the flight with holiday gifts. In 2018 the passenger flow was 2,690,000. (Armenpress/Business World Magazine)