Turkmenistan plans to establish regular air service with Tajikistan in the near future. The flights will be carried out under the bilateral agreements. A Turkmen delegation took off to Dushanbe where it would hold talks in the framework of the agreements on expanding bilateral cooperation. Officials of Turkmenistan Airlines (national carrier) and Turkmenistan Airline OJSC…
In January-May the Freeport of Riga handled 14,879,700 tons of cargo, down by -4% YoY. Coal transshipment climbed by 10.4%, to 5,531,700 tons, oil products dropped by 30.8%, to 2,845,500 tons, wood pellets increased by 14.5%, to 323,600 tons, ore – by 0.2%, to 164,900 tons. The port’s container throughput grew by 12.9%, to 174,585…
The first direct flight of Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air from Budapest to Astana took off on June 8. The new service will operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays on Airbus A320. The launch of the new service is a landmark event, in particular, on the eve of the international specialized exhibition EXPO-2017,…
In January-May the port of Ventspils handled 10.8 million tons of cargo, up by 20% YoY. According to the port authority, transshipment of Ro-Ro cargo grew by 24%, to 166,000 tons Ventspils Nafta handled 3.8 million tons (-5%), Kalija parks – 175,000 tons. The number of passenger carried by Ventspils-Nynashamn line grew by 33%, to…
Dushanbe bus terminal, Asian Express Terminal, is waiting for answer to its proposal to re-launch bus routes between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Deputy Director General of the Closed Joint Stock Company (CJSC) Holding Asia Group Tajikistan Sulton Kamolov says they have already discussed this issue with representatives of the Uzbek Embassy in Dushanbe. “They have expressed…
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja in January-May climbed by 24.7% YoY, to 2,890,500 million tons, the Port Authority says. In the reporting period, transshipment of coal surged 6-fold, to 723,400 tons, wood pellets – 2.2-fold, to 150,700 tons, construction materials – by 7.8%, to 222,600 tons, oil products – by 65.6%, to…
Direct railway passenger traffic between Ukraine and the European Union will be expanded, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said. “On December 23, 2016 the Intercity+ Kyiv-Lviv-Przemysl train was launched. This route has become very popular among Ukrainian passengers. Ukrzaliznytsia is looking into the possibility of launching the second pair of Kyiv-Lviv-Przemysl trains by another…