The MS Silja Symphony, a Tallink ferry operating the Helsinki-Stockholm route, was stranded dockside in Stockholm following a breakdown on October 27. The Silja Symphony was scheduled to depart for Helsinki at 4:45 p.m. local time, but its departure was delayed, and then canceled altogether by 9 p.m. The ship was carrying 2,100 passengers, who…
At least 24.4 kilometers of roads have been built in the regions of Kyrgyzstan in the nine months of 2019, the Ministry of Transport and Roads reported. According to the ministry, the new asphalt was laid in 15 towns of Kyrgyzstan. In total, it was planned to pave 113 streets and roads in regional centers…
Vehicle rental app Citybee has faced opposition to its scheme to roll out hire cars in Tallinn. Tallinn City Government has said that such cars are unnecessary, and says free parking for the vehicles, which would be hired short-term in much the same way as the company’s electric scooters, is off the table. Citybee, a…
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced it will launch a new route from Odesa International Airport to Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital. “Wizz Air airline will launch direct flights from Odesa to Bratislava on November 3. The frequency will be two flights a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays,” according to the airport’s administration. The price…
In January-September the traffic volumes of grains and by-products by rail in Ukraine increased by 23.8% YoY and totaled 28.4 million tons, reported the State Statistics Service. As for the transportation volumes of chemical and mineral fertilizers, in the reporting period the figures increased by 27.8%, to 3.4 million tons. In nine months the Ukrainian…
Passenger traffic increased by 5.4% in the first three quarters of 2019 compared to the same period of last year, Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) reported. Georgian airports serviced 4,139,955 passengers in total in the first nine months of 2019. The number of passengers is about 9-10% below forecast data for that period, due to…
Ukraine’s low-cost airline SkyUp Airlines will launch flights on the Kyiv-Salzburg route from December 2019 until February 2020, according to the airline’s press service. “The Ukrainian low-cost airline SkyUp Airlines will fly from Kyiv to Austria’s Salzburg in winter. Flights will be operated from December 28. Tickets are already available on the website,” the statement…