Air Astana has signed an agreement for long-term leasing of 5 Embraer E190-E2 airliners from AerCap. The aircraft delivery will begin in Q4 2018. “The acquisition of the E2 is the logical replacement of the E190 which we have been successfully operating since 2011. The E190 has enabled us to open up smaller markets in…
The Ukrainian company Nibulon plans to build at least 10 river transshipment terminals for bulk cargoes along the Dnipro River, the Southern Buh River and other navigable rivers of Ukraine, the General director of the company, Oleksiy Vadaturskyy declared. “We plan to build 10 facilities along the Dnipro River and along other rivers. This will…
Within four years, a number of Ukrainians traveling by plane should grow to 20 million per year, Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian said. “Our strategy envisages that within four years the number of air passengers will increase from 8 to 20 million people per year,” the minister said. According to him, now 4-5% out…
In the first half-year of 2017, Riga International Airport retained the leader position among Baltic airports, according to statistical data on the airport’s operational results. The airport services more than 2.7 million passengers or 46% of all passengers serviced at airports of Baltic capitals. 49% of all air cargoes were also serviced in Riga. The…
The state-owned enterprise Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv), the largest airport of the country, saw a 77.7% YoY rise in net profit in January-June, to UAH 951.2 million. According to a financial report of the airport, its net revenue in January-June grew by 30%, to UAH 1.87 billion. As reported, the financial plan of the airport…
The first freight train Ganzhou – Kazakhstan set off on the route China-Europe on July 27. Its arrival in Kazakhstan is expected in 12 days. It is reported that the train carries 100 containers of furniture, clothing and electronic goods. Currently, three freight railway routes to Central Asia – Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – have…
Claims filed by Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) to court do not concern the operation of Ireland’s low cost airline Ryanair in Ukraine or any obstacles to their operations, but they concern the discriminative conditions towards other airlines, UIA President Yuriy Miroshnykov declared at a press conference in Kyiv. Managing partner of Ecovis Bondar and Bondar…