The first batch of new trolleybuses purchased at the expense of EBRD funds within the public transport development project arrived in Bishkek. According to the press service of the Bishkek City Administration, 5 trolleybuses out of 37 are already in Bishkek, 4 more trolleybuses are on their way and will arrive in a week. Currently,…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair launches routes from Kyiv and Lviv in October. If its activity is successful, the airline will open a representative office in Ukraine. According to a source close to the negotiation process, Ryanair will launch European routes from Kyiv and Lviv in October. As noted, the new agreement “gives the carrier the…
Rail freight traffic between Belarus and Lithuania went up by 15% in 2017, the press service of Belarusian Railways reported. Head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov and director general of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuska held talks in Minsk. “The sides discussed Belarus-Lithuania rail freight traffic in 2017 and ways to boost it in 2018. Last…
Freight volume handled at the Port of Klaipeda in January-February grew by 6% YoY, to 7.25 million tons, the Port Authority statistics said. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 7.6%, to 1.98 million tons, and general cargo – by 19.7%, to 2.28 million tons, while dry bulk cargo fell by 3.4%, to 2.99 million…
The International North-South Transport Corridor will make a significant contribution to increase in cargo transportation through Azerbaijan, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) declared. “BSTDB is interested in such infrastructure projects,” the bank said. “The North-South project is a regional initiative covering several BSTDB member-states, which is another reason for BSTDB to support…
Ukrainian aircraft An-225 Mriya has made its first flight after repair and modernization. The pilots raised the Mriya to a height of about 12 kilometers, where they tested the plane’s new navigation equipment. “Our designers have implemented another series of improvements in avionics. Such modernization is going on continuously,” Director of Antonov Airlines Mykhailo Kharchenko…
Latvian airline airBaltic is launching direct flights from Tallinn to London’s Gatwick Airport on March 27. AirBaltic will operate flights from Tallinn to nine destinations this year. Currently the Latvian airline operates direct flights from Tallinn to Riga, Vilnius, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and Amsterdam, and as of next week will fly to London as well.…