On July 20, Ukraine International Airlines received the brand new Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft manufactured at Boeing facilities in Seattle, the US. The new Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft can accommodate 186 passengers in two class seating configuration. The aircraft passed an official registration procedure in Ukraine and received the UR-PSR registration number. Therefore, Ukraine International…
In order to facilitate cross-border gas flows and provide free and non-discriminatory access to the gas transmission infrastructure, the National Gas Transmission Company Transgaz, Romania, and Natural Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine Ukrtransgaz have signed the interconnection agreement for the interconnection point “Isaccea” located at the Ukrainian-Romanian border near Orlovka (on the territory of…
The newly created Ukrainian airline Anda Air, which plans to perform charter flights, has received its first aircraft McDonnell Douglas MD-83. Company co-founder Serhiy Shamenko said the aircraft arrived at Kyiv Airport on July 19. Speaking about plans for the first flights, he said there were such plans, however the company needed to perform a…
New technologies in transport sector such as Hyperloop, will be a priority of Russia’s national technological initiative, presidential aide Igor Levitin said. “Currently there is a new form of transport – Hyperloop. There have not been any new means of transport for about 50 years. That is why everyone wants to find the most effective…
The U.S. General Electric Corporation on July 21, signed letters of cooperation with Ukraine’s Antonov State Enterprise and public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia. “We sign two strategic and political documents on cooperation with GE at the Infrastructure Ministry. This decision is not accident: we were mulling the positions of all players on the global market for…
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost air carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, will launch flights from Kyiv to Hannover (Germany) and Wroclaw (Poland). According to the press service of the company, flights to these areas will be carried out between October 31 and November 1 twice a week on Mondays and Fridays to Hannover, on…
In January-June, the port of Ust-Luga handled 44,864,300 tons of cargo (up by 5% YoY), Baltic Sea Ports Administration said. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 5% to 12,497,400 tons. Transshipment of general cargo fell by 12%, year-on-year, to 356,200 tons. Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 749,000 tons (-24%). The port’s container…