Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved of the project on modernization and overhaul of the section 3,364.5-3,391.2 km of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline. The corresponding decision is outlined in the Cabinet resolution No. 523-r dated July 22. The total cost of repairs of the section 26.7 km long was approved at 1.21 billion UAH, in…
87% of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway has been constructed in Turkey, Ahmet Arslan, Turkish minister of transport, shipping and communications, said. “The BTK is being constructed on schedule”, the minister said, adding that two bridges were being built over the Kars river. The minister stressed that the BTK railway project was of particular importance for…
The Qatar Airways plane operating the flight from Tbilisi to Baku has been delayed for almost eight hours due to technical reasons, the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport said. The plane was due to take off from the Tbilisi International Airport at 13:40 (GMT+4 hours) and land at the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport at…
More effort should be made to develop the international transport corridors in Eurasia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Tajikistan Oleg Ivanov said in his speech at a conference on the role of transport and transit corridors in ensuring sustainable development, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. “Oleg Ivanov…
Transit of natural gas via Ukrainian gas transport system fell to 136 million cubic meters on July 26, and this is 30% less than average daily transit on July 1 through July 22 (around 190 million cubic meters a day), according to Ukrtransgaz’s data. Transit started falling on July 23 when it was 172 million…
Board Chairman of Ukrzaliznytsia Wojciech Balczun has said that international operations of the company should be stepped up. He seeks to create the UZ Cargo International brand within six months, Balczun wrote on his Facebook page, commenting on the board’s action plan presented to the Infrastructure Ministry by him on July 25. “The main goal…
Taban Air CEO has announced the operation of a new flight path between Tehran and Russia’s Astrakhan. Founder and CEO of Taban Air Airline Company Asghar Abdollahpour made the announcement saying “the airline will operate flights once a week on a regular basis in order to facilitate commutes of Iranian and Russian businessmen”. The flight…