Turkmenistan is completing construction of an automobile bridge across the Tejen River at the Serakhs-Sarakhs (Turkmenistan-Iran) checkpoint, Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister for Transport and Communications Dadebay Amangeldiev said. The length of the bridge is 96 meters, and the width is 15.1 meters. The capacity of the facility is about 2,000 cars per day. The 105…
Amendments to Infrastructure Ministry order No. 337 cutting the base aviation fee from $17 to $13 have been adopted, Director General of Boryspil International Airport Pavlo Riabikin has said. “What does it mean? All airlines flying from the Boryspil airport would receive a decreased fee for passenger servicing from June 20. Ryanair airline will receive…
Saeima of the Republic of Latvia will soon ratify Rail Baltica agreement, which is expected to allow passenger trains to travel at a speed of 240 km/h instead of 120 km/h. Higher travel speed will also ensure cargoes from Tallinn reach Poland within two days. The objective of this agreement is ensuring effective and quick…
Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion says that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to allocate UAH 800 million for the construction of Lviv – Odesa – Mykolaiv highway. Kistion noted that the government approved amendments to the 2017 national budget under which additional UAH 800 million would be allocated for major repairs of roads. According…
Astana – Almaty – Urumqi railway service will be launched via Altynkol (Kazakhstan) and Khorgos (China) border crossing points as per the agreements reached between “NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” JSC and China Railway. The launch of the new railway service is dated to the International specialized exhibition “EXPO-2017”. Altynkol is a large railway hub and…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement on cooperation in the railway sphere signed by the Cabinet and the government of Serbia in Belgrade in June 2013. According to an explanatory note to the document, its endorsement would create a reliable international legal tool for implementing and stepping up bilateral intergovernmental relations, the conditions…
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has once again been recognized for 4 Star service excellence, retaining the accolade of “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” in the Skytrax World Airline Awards for the sixth consecutive year, the company’s press service reports. The airline also scooped the prize for “Best Airline Staff Service…