Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev visited North Kazakhstan region. While in the region, the premier surveyed the progress of reconstruction and familiarized with the prospects of development of transit potential of the Petropavlovsk International Airport. Vice governor of North Kazakhstan region Anton Fedyayev briefed Prime Minister Sagintayev on reconstruction of the terminal and landing…
Multiple potential investors could start a due diligence review in Latvian national airline airBaltic, says Latvian Transport Minister Uldis Augulis. He says the Cabinet of Ministers has been informed about the progress with attraction of a new strategic investor for the airline. In total, more than 40 potential investors from all over the worlds have…
Passenger traffic via Minsk National Airport rose by 26.9% YoY in January-June, according to the website of the airport. In June Minsk Airport handled 425,200 passengers, up by 22.2%. Since the start of the year, the number of airport users has exceeded 1,079,000 people, up by 26.9% YoY. In June 2017 the airport serviced 2,323…
Iran and Azerbaijan are expected to launch transporting goods and cargos through the International North-South Transport Corridor in the coming months, amid efforts to boost trade ties between the two neighboring countries. Mohammad Ebrahimi, economic consultant at Iranian Embassy in Baku, said that the goal of cooperation between the two neighboring countries would be fulfilled…
Latvian airline airBaltic carried 372,219 passengers in June, up by 23% YoY. It is now the airline’s latest record. In the first six months of 2017, airBaltic carried a total of 1,565,462 passengers to destinations in Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East. airBaltic’s CEO Martin Gauss says the airline has managed to exceed…
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan intend to operate new flights to Issyk-Kul. This issue was discussed in Tashkent by officials of the aviation services of two countries. According to the Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Kyrgyz Republic, there is an intention to increase the number of flights from Tashkent and possibly other cities of the…
The Port of Odessa says its throughput in January-June totaled 12.24 million tons, up by 5% YoY. In the reporting period the port handled 4,336,000 tons of grain (+12.3%), 252,570 TEUs of containerized cargo (+9.9%), 1,169,600 tons of liquid bulk cargo (+36.7%), and 2,715,300 tons of ferrous metal (against 3,132,900 tons in H1 2016). In…