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…
Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier, Somon Air, is carrying out negotiations with the Boeing Company on purchasing two Boeing 737 MAXs. Daniel L. Miller, regional Director for Business Operations, Sales and Support at Boeing Company, gave presentation of Boeing 737 MAX in Dushanbe on June 15, according to the Somon Air press service. The event…
On June 16, Latvian airBaltic airline received the fifth Bombardier CS300 aircraft. By the end of 2017, airBaltic is planning to have eight CS300 aircraft. The fifth airBaltic CS300 aircraft, registered as YL-CSE, arrived in Riga on June 16. The flight time was 7 hours and 56 minutes and the aircraft covered 6419 km non-stop…