Lux Express has bought 20 new Scania buses, investing some EUR 7 million in their new rolling stock, and is planning to increase trip numbers on the Estonian domestic as well as the international market. In Estonia, the company intends to focus on Tartu in the second half of the year. Passenger numbers to and…
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has been recognized for 4 Star service excellence, retaining the accolade of “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” in the Skytrax World Airline Awards for the eighth consecutive year. The prestigious awards ceremony took place at the 53rd edition of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget…
Representatives of Uzbekistan Airways expect a statement from the new president of Ukraine about resumption of flights to Kyiv and Simferopol, annexed by Russia. The director of the commercial department Shukhrat Hudaykulov stated that flights to Kyiv could be intensified through charter flights. Uzbekistan Airways has an agreement for charter flights to Kyiv with one…
Bolt (formerly branded Taxify) introduces its electric scooter rental service in Tallinn. Users will be able to use scooters by way of Bolt’s ride-hailing app. A second company, Citybee, announced a similar service. Users of the Bolt app will be able to pick up a scooter by scanning its QR code. For first-time users, the…
Kanat Baigonyrov, Deputy Head of Almaty Urban Mobility Department, spoke about the launch of an electronic driver assessment system in Almaty. He mentioned the need to prevent accidents caused by bus drivers’ fatigue and chronic illnesses. “In this regard, an electronic system for the assessment of drivers’ physical condition will have been launched in Almaty…
Air Malta, the flag carrier airline of Malta, is launching Malta-Tbilisi flights starting from July 4, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA). Flights will be carried out every Thursday by an Airbus A320 type aircraft. “These seasonal regular flights will be carried out until September 18”, said a spokesperson from the GCAA. A GCAA…
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Europe’s largest discount carrier Ryanair performed its first flight from Ukraine’s Kharkiv International Airport (the city of Kharkiv) to Poland’s Krakow on June 17. “After Lviv and Kyiv became well-established parts of Ryanair’s grid, and many people began taking that for granted (choosing to forget that this only started…