The government of Tajikistan has approved a draft agreement between the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) on cooperation on construction of a new Tajik-Afghan bridge across the Panj River The agreement provides for construction of the bridge across the Panj River that will consolidate permanent overland links between…
The Uzbek flag carrier will soon connect the capital cities of Uzbekistan and Georgia with new seasonal flights. Uzbekistan Airways will start operating flights on the route Tashkent-Tbilisi from July 16. During the summer season flights will be performed twice a week on Tuesdays and Sundays by an Airbus 320 type aircraft. Uzbekistan Airways was…
Lithuania is ready to receive more cargoes from Belarus. The statement was made by Lithuanian Communications and Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis as he encouraged the Klaipeda port and Lithuanian Railways to do their best competing for contracts with Belarus. In a Facebook post Rokas Masiulis wrote that the amount of Belarusian freight handled by Lithuanian…
In the first quarter of 2019 Ukraine International Airlines carried more than 1.5 million passengers, up by 8% YoY. During this period, UIA operated 13,600 flights with the load factor of 75%, which corresponded to the figures of 2018. At the same time, the punctuality rate of UIA during the first quarter increased and reached…
The total volume of cargo transportation via Georgia’s Batumi port to Azerbaijan amounted to 85,738 tons in January-March, Batumi Sea Port Ltd. reported. “Of this volume, 62,691 tons accounted for raw sugar. Moreover, 12,836 tons of palm oil, 6,603 tons of soy and 3,608 tons of corn oil were transported via Batumi port to Azerbaijan,”…
In the field of maintenance of state roads it is necessary to outline priorities and leave only main roads with high traffic intensity and the most important regional roads in the hands of the state, said Latvia’s Transport Minister Talis Linkaits. “It is wrong for the state to answer for every gravel road. We need…
Romanian TAROM airline will launch regular Bucharest-Yerevan flights twice per-week, the Zvartnots airport of the Armenian capital said. It said TAROM would further increase the frequency of flights to three-times per week. Months earlier the deal was reached between TAROM and Zvartnots airport. The airport did not specify when exactly the flights would commence. (Armenpress/Business…