Ukraine: Kyiv gets new low-floor trams

The Kyivpastrans municipal enterprise has received a batch of new low-floor trams with a high degree of passenger comfort, the enterprise has reported on its Facebook page. “Kyivpastrans once again received a batch of new Electron T5B64 low-floor trams with a high degree of comfort, a reduced level of vibration and noise, an air conditioning…

Ukraine: direct passenger flights to Iraq resumed

On April 3 a plane of the Iraqi Airways, which made the first flight on Baghdad-Kyiv route, landed at the Boryspil International Airport. “The flight was carried out by Boeing 737-800 with registration number YI-ASV,” the Center for Transport Strategies reports. As specified, the flight lasted for almost four hours. The Boryspil International Airport representatives…

Tajikistan: flights of Russian airlines banned

Russia’s Ural Airlines, Utair, S7 Airlines and Nordwind Airlines will not be able to operate flights to Tajikistan’s Dushanbe and Khujand starting from April 2 since the Tajik state aviation structures have recalled their flight permissions. The measure applies to 11 destinations. Flights from Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, St. Petersburg, and Samara to Dushanbe,…