Poland is stepping up security measures around Rzeszow-Jasionka airport – the main transit hub for foreign aid to Ukraine – due to recent cases of sabotage that are believed to have been carried out on behalf of Russia. “We are facing a foreign state that is conducting hostile and – in military parlance – kinetic…
Although the three Baltic countries are trying to follow the increasingly loud demand from the European Commission to initially focus solely on the main route of Rail Baltica, the project’s budget is rising to over EUR 15 billion. It could be cheaper, but this would require passengers to transfer trains to travel to Riga, and…
Ryanair has announced plans to base its fourth aircraft at Sofia Airport and introduce flights to five new destinations this summer season. The airline’s expansion will see the addition of routes to Valencia, Alicante, Bristol, Copenhagen and Skiathos, bringing the total number of destinations served by Ryanair from Sofia to 40. The decision to invest…
Wizz Air, the fastest growing airline in Europe and the most environmentally sustainable in the world, has announced the launch of a new flight route: Sofia to Heraklion. Flights from the bustling capital of Bulgaria to the cultural treasure of the island of Crete will start in June, and tickets are already on sale at…
After two Finnair aircraft were forced to turn around due to interference with GPS signals from Russia, the Baltic foreign ministers warned this could lead to an aviation disaster. On April 25-26, two Finnair flights from Helsinki to the Estonian city of Tartu were forced to turn around and return to Finland, as they were…
In a significant stride towards enhancing connectivity between Turkey and Bulgaria, the launch of direct flights between Istanbul and Sofia marks a milestone in air travel. The initiative, spearheaded by the low-cost airline “Pegasus”, is set to commence operations from May 1, promising convenient and affordable travel options for passengers. Announced via a post on…
The purchase of trams by Lviv is part of the Ukraine Urban Public Transport Project, a EUR 200-million framework loan from the EIB. This investment provides city councils and municipal transport companies with the resources to equip Ukrainian cities with modern urban public transport such as trolleybuses, trams and buses. The project is managed by…