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…
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC transported more than 1.55 million tons of liquid cargo on its tankers and ferries in January-May, up almost 2-fold YoY, the company said in a message on June 16. In the first five months of 2017, Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping transported 660,870 tons of dry cargo, up by 54,150 tons YoY. The…
The Finance Ministry of Ukraine intends to allocate over UAH 150 billion for road construction in 2018-2020, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said at a press conference dedicated to the issue of a budget resolution up to 2020. “Resources should be found for the development of infrastructure because this will contribute to economic growth. Therefore, we…
Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has proposed to business to arrange the new principles to form tariffs for cargo transportation for the period of three or five years, starting from 2019. The press service of the company reported that the proposal was presented by company representatives on June 9 at a meeting in the American Chamber…
The legislative draft, which is intended to ratify the agreement for the formation of Rail Baltica railway connection in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, was supported unanimously by Saeima’s Foreign Affairs Committee on June 14. The goal of the agreement is ensuring effective and quick establishment of European railway line for passenger and cargo transports on…