Russia and Azerbaijan to coordinate railway operations
Moscow hosted a bilateral meeting of CJSC Azerbaijan Railways’ director general Javid Gurbanov and President of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, Russian Railways said. During the meeting, the …
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New train to connect Batumi and Ureki
New train will run between Georgia's Black Sea resorts Batumi and Ureki, making two trips daily, while ticket will cost 4 lari ($1.6). The train is designed for 300 passengers. The travel time is about 65 minutes, Sputnik …
Yandex and Uber to combine ride-hailing in Russia and beyond
Yandex.Taxi and Uber will combine their businesses in Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan. According to the report from Yandex, both Yandex.Taxi and Uber app will operate as before, driver apps, on the other …
Iran's Vice President: we interested in opening new flights to Azerbaijan
Iran is interested in opening direct flights to Baku, Ganja and Nakhchivan, Iran's Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Chief, Zahra Ahmadipour, said at a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Minister …
Armenian Transport Ministry reports on advance of North-South highway construction
Armenian construction workers are working with their section of the North-South highway at a faster pace, the first deputy minister of transport, communications and information technologies of Armenia Gagik Grigoryan said. …
Baku-Batumi bus route to open from June 26
Baku and Georgia’s Batumi will become closer from June 26 as a new bus service will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, AzerNews reported. The bus fare is 40 manat ($23) The fare is free for children under 5 …
Gulf Air’s maiden flight to Tbilisi takes off
Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, celebrated the launch of its highly anticipated direct three weekly service to the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Georgian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman George Janjgava joined …
Direct flight between Armenia and Syria re-launched
The direct air flight between Syria and Armenia will be re-launched after a long break. A trial Yerevan-Damascus flight of the Ajnihat Ash-Cham took place on Wednesday, the press-service of the Armenian Embassy said. The …
Dubai to start testing autonomous air taxis in Q4
Dubai will begin trials of an autonomous air taxi (AAT), capable of carrying two passengers, in the fourth quarter 2017, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said on Monday, ArabianBusiness.com reports. The authority has signed …
Nordavia-Regional Airlines launches regular flights between St. Petersburg and Batumi
Russian airline Nordavia-Regional Airlines launched regular flights between St. Petersburg and Batumi. Nordavia-Regional Airlines became the third airline since the beginning of June which will link St. Petersburg and Batumi this …
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank offers $114m to Georgia
Georgia and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a financial deal about helping Georgia construct the Batumi Bypass Road in the country’s Adjara region, with a $114 million financial resource, Agenda.ge reports. …
Route Yerevan-Zvartnonts airport launched
Armenia's Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies organized a pilot route from Yerevan to Zvartnots airport and back upon the instruction of the country's Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. …
Baku Transport Agency purchases bus stop shelters
The Baku Transport Agency has announced a tender procedure for purchase of bus stop shelters. The tender commission reports that the tender consists of two lots –purchase of medium and large-size bus stop shelters, abc.az …
Ilham Aliyev and Mehriban Aliyeva open newly-built roads in Baku
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of the newly-built roads, which make a continuation of the Mirzaagha Aliyev and Fuzuli streets in former …
Armenia airline announces direct Yerevan-Barcelona flights
The Yerevan-based Armenia airlinewill operate direct Yerevan-Barcelona flights starting …
Lithuanian charter airline to launch direct flights between Batumi and Warsaw
Lithuanian charter airline Small Planet Airlines launches direct flights from Warsaw to Batumi. Airbus A320 will fly vie Warsaw - Batumi - Warsaw route every Sunday. …
Romanticism of Baku tram
Azerbaijan's capital holds the honorary title of the Soviet Union first tram
Sochi residents to be able to travel to Georgia via direct flight
First direct flight from Tbilisi to Sochi will be carried out on June 2. For some time flights via this route will be carried out only in the summer twice a week - on Mondays and Fridays. …
Kazakh SCAT Airlines to connect Aktau and Kutaisi
Kazakh company SCAT Airlines plans to expand its flight destinations to all of Georgia's three intentional airports in the capital of Tbilisi, the seaside resort of Batumi and the western city of Kutaisi.
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp to supply 25 modern escalators for Baku Metro
German company Thyssenkrupp Elevator has won a tender procedure of the Baku Metro, abc.az reports. The Company reports that in accord with the concluded deal the tender winner will deliver 25 escalators to the Baku Metro. …
