On November 14 the first train arrived in Mukachevo from Budapest. The train is one of those expected to shortly start running along the new route on a regular basis. So far, this is only a dry run along the newly built standard gauge line, the Center for Transport Strategies reported. The train was operated…
Russia’s Ural Airlines plans to add four more new air routes to its network from Kazakhstan to Russia during the fall and winter 2018-2019, the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee’s press service said. The flights will be operated by A319, A320 and A321 aircrafts. Ural Airlines will fly between Zhukovsky and Almaty five times a week…
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) serviced 2.424 million passengers in January-October, up by 56.3% YoY, the airport’s press service reports. The number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 2,351.2 thousand, and on domestic flights – 73 thousand. The number of flights in January-October included 25,904 both arrivals and departures, up by 32.9% (of…
Tajik airline Somon air will launch one more flight to the Zhukovsky airport in the Moscow region. From December the company’s planes will fly three times a week from the city of Kulyab to the Russian airport. “The airline’s planes fly from Dushanbe to Zhukovsky three times a week – on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.…
In January-October the Freeport of Riga handled 29,917,600 tons of cargo, up by 6.5% YoY. Transshipment of coal grew by 14.6%, to 11,508,800, wood pellets – by 38.2%, to 740,600 tons, and ore – by 10.7%, to 464,200 tons, while oil products dropped by 28.1%, to 3.445 million tons. The port’s container throughput grew by…
For the first time ever Kazakhstan’s SCAT air carrier plans to launch a new airline route to the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, from Astana city, the company’s Facebook account reads. Astana-Dushanbe-Astana flights will be performed twice a week on Fridays and Sunday by CRJ 200 craft from December 14 this year. (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The number of trains running through Kazakhstan by the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe (Yiwu-Madrid, Yixinou) in 2018 grew by 80%. “More than 90% of Yixinou’s trains, which is the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe, run through Kazakhstan, via Alashankou and Horgos gates. About 10% of Yixinou trains pass through Manzhouli,…