On August 8-14, the export volumes of grains from the Russian seaports reached 715.6 thousand tons up from 411.2 thousand tons shipped in the previous week. In particular, the wheat shipments totaled 634.4 thousand tons, barley – 65.9 thousand tons, and peas – 15.3 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
Aeroflot has received four new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. All A321 aircraft are named in honor of outstanding Russian people who contributed a lot to artistic, cultural and scientific development. VP-BAE bears the name of Sergei Bondarchuk, a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. (Russian Aviation/Business World Magazine)
The Minister of Transport Sherali Ganjalzoda held a working meeting to discuss the progress of implementation of the national investment transportation development projects. According to the Ministry of Transport press center, the minister expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the projects. The minister reportedly ordered contractors and consultants to remove exiting shortcomings…
Tajik private airline, Somon Air, announces the launch of new air routes to the Russian Federation. Somon Air has launched air routes from Dushanbe to Novosibirsk and Sochi. Somon Air will fly to Novosibirsk once a week, on Wednesday. Flights to Sochi will also be operated once a week, on Thursdays. The first flight to…
National air carriers of Azerbaijan and Turkey are satisfied with the level of the current cooperation and intend to further expand it, said the Vice President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) Eldar Hajiyev. AZAL and Turkish Airlines have been carrying out flights under a code-sharing agreement for two years, said Hajiyev. “This allowed for further…
In January-July seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 16.9% YoY, to 15.3 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time, in the reporting month some increase in mineral fertilizers shipment was observed – by 2.8%, to 9.3 million tons. The general cargo…
Wojciech Balczun, Chairman of the Board of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, expects to receive a billion-dollar investment into the development of Ukrzaliznytsia in the coming years. He said this at a meeting with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce. “As for investments into rolling stock and infrastructure, we would like to attract $1 billion in two-three…