Pasazieru vilciens (PV) and Skoda Vagonka (Skoda) have signed a contract for the supply of 32 new electric trains. The contract states that all trains have to be supplied before the end of 2023. Company representatives say that the supply of new trains will be performed gradually – the first trains will be supplied in…
Azerbaijan Railways CJSC is ready to launch passenger transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) route, said Javid Gurbanov, chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways. He said that the new trains were already in Baku. “However, not everything depends on us,” he noted. “It is necessary that both the Georgian and Turkish sides be ready.” He added that…
Estonian carrier Regional Jet, which is owned by Estonian state-owned airline Nordica and LOT Polish Airlines, achieved a better than expected zero result for 2018, with turnover increasing by 80% YoY, to EUR 68 million. “I am really impressed with how our organization has developed all these new businesses in such a short period of…
A total of 3.5 million passengers were serviced at Latvia’s international airports in the first half-year of 2019, up by 9.6% YoY, according to data compiled by the Civil Aviation Agency (CAA). At the same time, the number of serviced flights has increased by 7.57%. While the number of serviced flights was 40,117 last year,…
Electronic ticketing system will have appeared in Bishkek public transport by October, the Bishkek City Administration reported. At least 20 validators will be installed in the next 2-3 days. The next delivery of 380 units is expected at the end of August. Equipment is delivered according to a schedule. The electronic ticketing system will start…
Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has stated that the ministry will soon announce tenders for designing a new runway and its construction at the International Dnipropetrovsk Airport (Dnipro city). In a post on his Facebook page, Omelyan wrote: “Soon we will announce a tender for designing a new runway in Dnipro. Then there will be an…
CEO of Ukrainian national railways company PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia Yevhen Kravtsov has announced Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania have launched a new container train. “Containerships Train, linking Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, is our 22nd container train. We have now a competitive speed of delivery regardless of weather conditions, regular train runs and a clear schedule. In addition,…