Ukraine’s state-owned enterprise Antonov will take part in the 52nd International Paris Air Show to be held at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions on June 19-25, according to the company’s post on Facebook. The company noted that An-132D, being a prototype of An-132 multi-purpose transport aircraft, would be presented on the international level for…
Pasazieru vilciens will continue the procurement of new trains in the second stage of the process. This was conceptually approved by the government on June 13. Transport Ministry reports that new trains are planned to be procured using credit resources, not funding from the state budget. PV promises to perform a new procurement immediately by…
The Belarusian automaker MAZ has won the tender to deliver 100 buses to Kiev, according to the website of the Belarusian embassy in Ukraine. The auction to sell buses to Kiev took place on June 9. The first lot was 70 MAZ-203 buses and the second lot was 30 MAZ-215 buses. The auction was called…
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…