Azerbaijan: Aliyev Airport expands geography of flights and attracts new airlines

To develop the route network and increase passenger traffic, Heydar Aliyev International Airport is carrying out large-scale work on attracting large passenger airlines and opening new destinations. The airport management is actively negotiating with international passenger airlines, which are capable to operate regular flights from different cities of the world to Baku. “As part of…

Georgia: 800 km of roads rebuilt in 2019

800 km of roads have been rebuilt across Georgia in 2019, up almost 4-fold YoY, said Head of the Roads Department Irakli Karseladze. He added that 200 projects had been carried out in 2019, including the construction and reconstruction of 52 bridges in total. He noted that reconstruction work was underway on tourist routes. Among…

Ukraine: passenger flow at Kyiv International Airport down in January-November 2019

Passenger flow at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) decreased by 7.4% in January-November compared to the relevant period in 2018, the press service of the airport wrote on its Facebook page. “In January-November Kyiv International Airport serviced 2.414 million passengers, down by 7.4% YoY,” reads the report. The number of passengers serviced on international…

Estonia: rail freight carriage down in October 2019

According to Statistics Estonia, freight carriage on Estonian railroads in October dropped by 17.7% YoY, to approximately 1.7 million tons. Compared with September freight carriage increased by 0.7%. In the first ten months of 2019 altogether 18 million tons of freight was carried on Estonian railroads, down by 22.3%. October freight transport turnover declined by…