Cooperation prospects and the growing dynamics of tourism recovery in Georgia were discussed on October 3 at a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Serkan Kaptan, the president of TAV Airports, the company managing two of the largest airports in the country. The meeting noted the pandemic had posed “a number of…
Over 85% of the work carried out on several road sectors in Ialoveni district has been completed. The work process was inspected by Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the leadership of the State Road Administration (ASD) and representatives of the World Bank. According to ASD, by rehabilitating this road,…
From November, Brussels Airlines is discontinuing a direct connection between Vilnius and Brussels, which is home to all the main institutions of the European Union as well as a large Lithuanian community. The company says the suspension is temporary, but some aviation experts doubt it, warning that Vilnius may be left without a connection with…
Kutaisi international airport in Georgia’s west is expected to service more than a million passengers in 2023, Tamar Archuadze, the head of United Airports of Georgia, has said. Archuadze made the comment at the presentation of a research Tourism – Challenges and Prospects by Galt & Taggart, a Georgian-based investment bank and brokerage service company.…
Together with Associated British Ports (ABP), Unifeeder has launched a new service from Klaipeda to the Port of Immingham, UK, according to the company’s release. The new route is a weekly sailing offering faster transit times, with the vessel leaving Klaipeda on Friday and Immingham on Monday. The maiden voyage saw the Elbspring vessel arrive…
The trade union of Vilniaus Public Transport (VVT) workers is seeking to improve working conditions and therefore is calling a strike “to the bitter end”. A bus driver says it is a result of the management’s failures to address long-brewing issues. The action is to start on October 3, the union leader Algirdas Markevicius has…
Vilnius is testing the real-time public transport information integrated into Google Maps. The Lithuanian capital as well as Kaunas and Klaipeda are putting their public transport information onto the world’s most popular travel planning platform. The integrated schedules will allow monitoring the location and routes of buses and trolleybuses in real time and will thus…