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update about 23,500 freight cars, 451 passenger cars, two Skoda high-speed electric trains, 318 locomotives, 76 sections of multiple unit rolling stock, six diesel trains and three rail buses, the company said according to Interfax Ukraine reports.
"Despite the crisis caused by COVID-19, significant investments in the development of the company are planned for this year. After the approval of the financial plan, we should make up for lost time in capital investments. Among the main projects are the beginning of large electrification of railways, namely the Dolynska-Mykolaiv and Izov-State Border sections, the purchase of a large batch of passenger cars for funds from the state budget, modernization of locomotives and repair of freight cars. Thanks to the government and our partners for supporting the financial plan," acting chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia Ivan Yuryk said as cited by Interfax.
Bees Airlines, Ukraine’s new discount airline, plans to expand its fleet to six Boeing 737s over the next year. In the past two weeks, Bees started flying from Lviv and Kyiv Sikorsky to Egyptian beach resorts. Ukraine’s State Aviation Service has authorized Bees to flight 31 routes out of Ukraine - 15 regular and 16 charter.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, has restarted service in the last week of March from Ukraine to 18 European cities. From Kyiv Boryspil, Ryanair will fly to Berlin, Bergamo, London, Rome, Sofia, Vienna, Vilnius, Bergamo, and to six Polish cities: Gdansk, Krakow, Katowice, Poznan, Wroclaw and Warsaw. From Odesa, Ryanair will fly to Berlin, Rome and Gdansk; and from Lviv to Bergamo and Rome. In May-July, Ryanair will relaunch 37 other routes from Ukraine, including from Kherson and Kharkiv, according to Avianews. On July 3, Ryanair launches two new routes from Ukraine: Kyiv-Cologne and Odesa-Barcelona. By mid-summer, Ryanair plans to be flying 55 routes from Ukraine. From early July, Ryanair will commence flying between Odesa and Corfu and Kyiv and Crete.
Wizz Air will recommence services on March 30 from Kyiv Sikorsky to Bologna and Catania, and from Lviv to Verona and Catania. Tomorrow, it starts regular flights from Zaporizhia to Milan Malpensa and to Katowice, Poland.
9.2.4 Construction & Real estate corporate news 9.2.5 Retail corporate news
Epicentre K, Ukraine’s largest retailer, plans to invest $2bn over the next two years in all areas of the group, Petr Mikhailishynm the group’s general director, tells Interfax-Ukraine. Investments include: $100mn for solar panels atop hyper markets, $100mn for grain elevators, $96mn for ceramics factories, and $46mn for concrete production with German equipment. "Since we have about 1.5mn square meters of roofs, which are empty from the point of view of energy efficiency, we want to start arranging solar panels there,” Mikhailishynm said, adding he hopes to win low interest ‘green loans’ from the EBRD or World Bank.
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