Airlines service over 290,000 flights in Ukrainian airspace in Jan-Oct

Ukrainian and foreign airlines in January-October 2019 serviced 290,331 flights in the airspace of Ukraine, which is 12.2% more than a year ago, the press service of the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) has reported. According to the enterprise’s statistics, Ukrainian airlines serviced 95,210 flights, including 195,121 flights by foreign ones. Both indicators … Read more

Nova Poshta starts delivery of goods from Rozetka to Moldova

Nova Poshta has become a partner of the Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka for delivery to Moldova, the company’s press service has said. “In September 2019, the Moldovan website of the Rozetka online store was launched in a test mode, through which residents can buy goods and order their delivery home. Delivery abroad is carried out … Read more

Ukrzaliznytsia more than doubles profit in H1, 2019

JSC Ukrzaliznytsia in January-June 2019 received UAH 1.065 billion in net profit, which is 2.27 times more than in the same period in 2018 (UAH 468.437 million), the financial report posted on the company’s website says. Pretax financial result amounted to UAH 1.592 billion, which is 2.16 times more than the result for the six … Read more

Fitch upgrades Ukrzaliznytsia to ‘B’ on sovereign rating action

Fitch Ratings has upgraded JSC Ukrzaliznytsia Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘, according to a report on the rating agency’s website. “The rating action follows the upgrade of Ukraine’s ratings,” it says. “Under Fitch’s Government-Related Entity (GRE) Criteria, Ukrzaliznytsia’s score of 27.5 is unchanged and stems from a very … Read more

Lviv airport sees 40% rise in passenger flow through 8 months

The Lviv International Danylo Halytsky Airport in January-August 2019 increased passenger flow by 40% year-over-year, to 1.445 million people, the airport has reported on its official Facebook page. At the same time, the number of flights for this period 2019 increased 24.3%, to 12,499 (10,794 international and 1,705 domestic). According to the results of the … Read more

Maersk Ukraine predicts slowdown in growth of container traffic market in Ukraine from 2020

Maersk Ukraine expects a slowdown in the growth rate of the container traffic market in Ukraine next year, Director General of Maersk Ukraine Roman Koloianov has told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Port Forum 2019, held in Odesa on May 30-31. “This year will be the last year of active growth [in the … Read more

Mariupol port loses 33% of fleet due to construction of Kerch Bridge – Ministry of occupied areas

The Mariupol port has lost 33% of its fleet and up to 140,000 tonnes of exported metal products a month due to construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait and the restrictions on passage of ship, which height exceeds 33 meters, imposed after its construction, according to a posting on the Facebook page of … Read more

Nova Poshta Group signed the 5-year contract with IKEA in Ukraine for logistics

NP Logistics of Nova Poshta Group signed the 5-year contract with the Swedish retailer IKEA, as reported in press release. The Swedish corporation is preparing for opening in Ukraine. City-format IKEA shop will be located in Ocean Mall. The opening is planned on September 01, 2019. NP Logistics will provide fulfillment and delivery services. The … Read more

SkyUp expands fleet to four planes

SkyUp airline has expanded its fleet with third Boeing 737-800 NG plane with 189 seats made in 2013, which became the fourth plane in the airline’s fleet. “On the evening of November 28, the fourth plane of SkyUp Airlines, a Ukrainian low cost airline, Boeing 737-800, landed at the Kyiv airport,” Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport … Read more