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21 June 2016

Huge Two-Month Profit Allows Ukrzaliznytsia To Halve 2016 Losses

The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company made a net loss of UAH 916 million in the period of January-May 2016.

Turkish Airlines Launches Flights To Slovak Airport Near Ukraine

Turkish Airlines has operated its first scheduled flight from Istanbul to the Kosice Airport (Slovakia), which is located 90 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

16 June 2016

Hyundai Proposes Joint Production Of High-Speed Trains With Ukraine

The Hyundai Corporation (South Korea) is ready to propose a comprehensive program for upgrading urban transport and improving infrastructure to Ukraine.

Lufthansa To Operate Odesa-Munich Flights Year-Round

Flights on the newly opened Odesa-Munich route will be extended to the winter.

Bunge Opens USD-180-Million Terminal In Mykolaiv Port

The Bunge transnational company has invested USD 180 million in the construction of a production and transshipment complex that includes a vegetable-oil production plant, an oil transshipment terminal, and expanded grain terminal capacities.

Lviv Region To Build Logistics Hub Near Border With Poland

The Lviv region will build a large logistics hub near the border with Poland. Roman Matis, the investment adviser to the governor of the Lviv region, announced this.

15 June 2016

Kryukov Railcar Building Works Has Not Produced Passenger Cars In 2016

The Kryukov Railcar Building Works has not produced passenger cars this year but it has increased production of freight cars seven-fold.

Air Astana To Operate Kyiv-Almaty Flights Daily

The Kazakh airline, Air Astana, will increase the frequency of flights on the Kyiv-Almaty route to seven per week from 18 July.

Toll Road To Be Built Around Ternopil

The Cabinet of Ministers is considering a project involving construction of a toll road bypassing Ternopil based on a concession agreement.

UIA Receives Another Boeing 737-800 Aircraft

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has added another Boeing 737-800 NG medium-haul aircraft to its fleet.

14 June 2016

Ukraine Creates Antonov-Led Corporation Similar To Boeing And Airbus Corporations

The Ukroboronprom state defense concern has created a Ukrainian aircraft-manufacturing corporation headed by the Antonov state aircraft manufacturing enterprise.

Viking Train To Transport First Freights From China To Baltic States Through Azerbaijan

Two freight trains, which will become part of the Viking container train project, will travel from China through Azerbaijan to the Georgian port of Poti between late July and early August.

Ukraine To Create Maritime Administration

The Ministry of Infrastructure is working to reform the maritime industry, which should result in creation of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine.

Infrastructure Ministry To Introduce Permanent 50% Discount On Port Charges For Transshipment Of Transit Cargoes

The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to introduce a permanent 50% discount on port charges for processing of transit goods.

9 June 2016

Ukraine Expands Network Of Air Links With Lithuania And Czech Republic

The State Aviation Service has reached agreement on increasing the number of destinations for direct flights between Ukraine and two EU countries (the Czech Republic and Lithuania).

LEO Express To Increase Number Of Cheap Bus Services From Ukraine To Europe

LEO Express, a Czech transport company, is considering increasing the number of bus services on the Košice-Uzhhorod-Mukacheve route.

Passenger Traffic Through Kharkiv Airport Increases 1.5-Fold In May

Passenger traffic through the Kharkiv international airport increased by 56% to 53,400 in May 2016.

8 June 2016

Motor Sich To Sell License For Modernization Of Multi-Purpose Mi-8 And Mi-2 Helicopters To Kazakhstan

The Motor Sich company is preparing to sell a license for modernization of the Mi-8 and Mi-2 multipurpose helicopters and a license for overhaul of Mi-8 helicopter engines to Kazakhstan.

Container Ship That Will Open New Panama Canal Being Processed In Odesa

COSCO Shipping Panama, a 300-meter container ship flying the flags of the Marshall Islands, moored at the Odesa port’s Khlibna Havan harbor at about 14:00 on 6 June.

Ukrzaliznytsia To Rename Railway Stations

The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company has announced details of the procedure for renaming railway stations as part of the government’s de-communization process.

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