In January, Riga International Airport serviced 246,000 passengers or almost five times more than a year prior, according to the airport’s operational data on the airport’s results for the first month of the year. Two of the biggest passenger carriers in January were Latvia’s national airline airBaltic, which carried 49.9% or nearly 122,000 passengers to…
The state-owned company Lithuanian Railways (LTG) has received a letter from the Council for Rail Transport, which brings together 20 railway companies from various countries, confirming a ban on the transit of rail freight from Lithuania via Belarus. The ban will take effect on February 7 and will apply to shipments of oil products and…
Tbilisi transport authorities have assigned new minibuses to 11 routes in the capital city where public transportation has not been available, mayor Kakha Kaladze unveiled on February 2. The new routes in the city where the fresh fleet will now operate include: Avshniani settlement, settlements behind the 4th and 8th Gldani Microdistricts, settlements surrounding the…
On February 2, handling of grain was restricted in the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk, Ukrainian seaports authorities informed. The operating of ports was restricted due to heavy snow. All other ports of Ukraine were operating as usual. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
A new system of fare payments for public transport has started operating in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, introducing cards enabling unlimited transit for select time periods. In the new system, passengers are able to choose between unlimited 90-minute, single-day, one-week cards, as well as options for several month-long cards and a year-long pass. Unlimited one-day card…
Ferry ticket prices between the mainland and the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa will rise from March 1 in a move, which a local government leader said was made over the heads of authorities and businesses on the islands. The price rises do not apply to island residents. “Understandably, price increases are difficult, but given…
Tallink Grupp has announced that its Tallinn-Helsinki route cruise vessel Silja Europa will remain suspended from the route until April 1. During the suspension the vessel will undergo technical repairs before returning to the route and the company’s management has also decided to bring forward the vessel’s technical dry-docking, originally planned for 2023, to carry…