Georgia: Turkish Southwind Airlines begins operation

Turkey-based Southwind Airlines starts operating charter flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Antalya, performing its first flight on August 21, TAV Georgia, the company operating two airports in Georgia, has revealed. The once-a-week flights will be offered on Sundays, by Airbus 321 aircraft, until September 25. Pegasus Airlines, a Turkey-based low-cost airline, is currently operating…

Lithuania: Russia to pay for Kaliningrad transit shipments via foreign banks

Russian and Belarusian companies could use foreign-based banks, among other ways, to pay Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) for transit shipments via Lithuania to Kaliningrad, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis has said. “I can neither confirm nor deny that Siauliu Bankas is the only bank processing payments for transit shipments, but what is very important is…