Windrose Airlines (Kyiv) plans in 2021 to expand the map of domestic flights in Ukraine and unite at least ten cities of Ukraine, director general of the airline Volodymyr Kamenchuk has said.
“We want to expand our flight map by at least ten airports in 2021. If the situation with the pandemic declines, there will be an economic recovery in the country, I think this will be implemented,” he said during the Ukraine 30. Infrastructure forum.
At the same time, he noted that at present the program of internal transportation for the company is unprofitable.
“Unfortunately, the international [transportation program] is also unprofitable, but this is due to the general situation in the world. But if there really is government assistance, this will help us reach the payback of these flights earlier,” Kamenchuk added.
Currently, the company unites nine cities of Ukraine: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson.
JSC Ukrposhta plans to digitize 100% of its services in 2021.
“Ukrposhta is facing an ambitious task – during this year to make 100% digitalization of services,” Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy said during the “Ukraine 30. Infrastructure” forum.
According to Krykliy, this will be implemented due to the support of Ukraine’s international partners and almost 2,000 mobile rural branches that will be able to deliver parcels and will be involved in the e-commerce system.
According to Krykliy’s presentation, construction of five automated postal hubs and ten sorting depots is also planned this year.
SkyUp Airlines, according to the released information, plans to operate four flights from Kyiv to Tashkent (Uzbekistan). They are scheduled for March 4, 11, 18 and 25.
Upon arrival in Uzbekistan, citizens of Ukraine must sign a commitment to undergo mandatory 14-day self-isolation at their place of residence or hotel.
Regardless of the presence of a certificate of the absence of COVID-19, upon arrival in Uzbekistan, citizens of Ukraine are required to undergo express testing for antigens to COVID-19 at their own expense.
The Ministry of Energy and the Czech Witkowitz group of companies are considering cooperation in the construction of small modular nuclear reactors (up to 300 MW), the ministry said on Facebook following a meeting of the parties on Tuesday.
“We are on the verge of challenges associated with the need to decarbonize the economy. Green energy is actively developing. Therefore, we need to provide the system with balancing capacities,” Deputy Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko, quoted by the press service, said.
According to him, it is necessary to fully understand the economics of building such reactors and only after that make a final decision.
In his opinion, the place of such generation should be determined in the overall development of the power system of Ukraine and reflected in the energy strategy until 2050.
The Ministry of Energy said that a working group will be created for further elaboration of the issue.
Witkowitz is one of the most powerful engineering plants in Central Europe, founded in the 19th century and known for its innovative technological solutions.
Witkowitz plans to invest at least EUR 50 million in the creation of new production facilities on the basis of Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash, Dnipro), including for the repair of railway cars and locomotives at the first stage.
Estonian company Fermi Energia, established to develop a project for the possible construction of a new generation modular nuclear reactor (small nuclear power plant) in Estonia, plans to complete preliminary studies in 2021.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Deputy Head of State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) Volodymyr Mikheev acting head of the agency. He replaced First Deputy Head of the SSAU Mykhailo Lev in this position.
The corresponding orders were adopted by the government on February 22 and made public on Tuesday.
As reported, Lev temporarily headed the SSAU since the middle of November, when Volodymyr Usov, who had headed the agency since January 24, 2020, was fired.
Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP, Dnipropetrovsk region) in January of this year reduced production by 3.9% compared to the same period last year, to 40,270 tonnes.
As the Ukrainian Association of Producers of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgy Products told Interfax-Ukraine, in January 2021, the plant increased the production of silicon manganese by 0.3%, to 37,830 tonnes, but reduced ferromanganese and other ferroalloys by 42.2%, to 2,440 tonnes.
In December, the plant produced 36,230 tonnes of ferroalloys, in November – 35,180 tonnes, in October – 35,480 tonnes, in September – 35,200 tonnes, in August – 35,340 tonnes, and in July – 52,430 tonnes.
Earlier, during conference calls, Director General of Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant Volodymyr Kutsyn announced an increase in demand for ferroalloys, so the planned target for February was increased.
At a meeting held on February 16, it was noted that the plant was fulfilling the planned target for February in the amount of 48,000 tonnes. Heating of three more ovens also continues.
“Heating is proceeding according to the schedule: furnaces No. 7 and 16 are heated up by 60%, furnace No. 8 – by 40%,” the Electrometallurg newsapaper said, citing the head of the production and technical department.
As reported, Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant in 2020 reduced production by 29.1% compared to the previous year, to 513,320 tonnes.
