The Transport Ministry has postponed its plans to subsidise air connections with Lithuania amid fund shortages. Under the plan, proposed by consultants in summer, the Lithuanian government was to offer financial incentives to airlines in order to create a dozen new flight routes to and from the country. “We have a flight promotion model ready,…
Airbus Helicopters is planning to open a test centre in central Poland and to develop its own helicopter design, the company’s deputy CEO has announced. “There will soon be two Airbus Helicopters facilities in Poland. In addition to the design office in Lodz, a test centre for mechanical elements is being built in Strykow,” Tomasz…
United Airports of Georgia was featured in the World Routes aviation forum in Las Vegas to showcase the potential of Georgia’s airline market on the international stage. The event, launched on October 16, provided a forum for 30-minute meetings between cities, airports and airlines to consider where best to provide aircraft and flights for profitable…
Air Moldova has made its inaugural flight to Georgia, carrying 140 passengers from Chisinau to Tbilisi, TAV Georgia, the operator of Tbilisi and Batumi international airports, reports. The airline will perform direct flights between the cities using Airbus A319 aircraft twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. During the winter navigation season starting in November,…
Vilnius authorities will seek that, until the end of the decade, half of all cars driven in the city are electric, Mayor Remigijus Simasius has said, presenting plans to install 2,000 charging stations. “Electric cars are the future. Our goal is to ensure that at least half of all cars in Vilnius are electric until…
The cruise season in Klaipeda reached pre-pandemic levels this year, with the number of ship calls surpassing the five-year average. “We practically reached the 2019 level,” Algis Latakas, the port’s CEO, told a news conference. “It was a good year and a great season – 61 ships visited Klaipeda, which was not a record number…
Georgian Railway on October 13 dismissed reports by opposition-minded TV channels on an alleged presence of railway freight subject to international sanctions on Russia in Georgia’s western city of Batumi as “fake”. In rejecting the information, the company said the freight carriages in question carried fuel oil belonging to a Kazakh company. It also explained…