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,…
In January-September the passenger traffic through the airports of Ukraine grew by 23.9% YoY, to 15.6 million people. “During the first nine months the passenger traffic through the airports of Ukraine grew by 23.9% and totaled almost 15.6 million people,” the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reports. As noted, there was a significant increase in…
Proposed changes of the Ship Flag and Ship Registers Act as well as the Income Tax Act aim to bring up to 300 large cargo vessels under the Estonian flag over the next seven years. There is currently not a single large freighter sailing under the Estonian flag, the last one having been unregistered after…
Electric cars will be exempt from value-added tax (VAT) in Armenia if they are not re-exported within a year after the day of the import, when amendments to the existing tax code are approved. The vehicles, according to the proposed changes, cannot be exported to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). If approved,…
The State Aviation Administration of Ukraine has satisfied all applications from the low cost airline SkyUp for new regular and charter flights. This is stated in the newsletter issued by the Administration’s commission following its meeting on October 29. Thus, SkyUp is allowed to fly regularly from Kyiv to Kharkiv, Poprad (Slovakia) and Abu Dhabi…
Road builders in Balykchy city have not been paid their salaries for a long time and have gone on a strike. They have not received money since the summer. All work is suspended now. People placed equipment on the section of the bypass road to Balykchy. The Ministry of Transport and Road confirmed the information…