The State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety (“Ukrtransbezopasnost”) warns bus carriers about the need to update the environmental class of buses.
“From August 1, if a passenger bus does not have the environmental class or the environmental class “EURO-1” specified, it will become impossible to apply for crossing the border “18-60″,” the agency said in a statement on Friday.
Ecological standard (or class) is the only established for all cars the norm of substances dangerous to the environment and contained in the exhaust gases of vehicles.
To date, the newest class is “EURO-6”.
Ireland’s Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, will offer 1 million or 20% of tickets priced below EUR20 after resuming flights from/to Ukraine, the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said.
“The Minister (Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov) asked us today and we gave him a commitment that out of the 5 million seats that will be offered in the first year, 20% or 1 million seats will be sold at less than EUR20,” O’Leary told Interfax-Ukraine.
He noted that the airline will be able to realize the goal if it has a low-cost base in Ukrainian airports and appropriate fee rates.
“We will need to have an inexpensive base in the airports. But this decision is up to the ministry. The minister (Kubrakov) asked if we will offer low rates and we said yes. Approximately 20% of seats will be sold at fares of EUR10, EUR14, EUR 19. This is one million passenger seats. We sell most of the tickets at EUR24, EUR29, EUR39. Now the only way to fill this number of seats is very low prices for air tickets”, – said the executive director of Ryanair.
He emphasized that Ukraine can have lower airfares than Poland, but must also ensure lower airport charges than in Poland.
As reported, Ryanair this week announced a commitment to resume flights to/from Ukraine at low fares within 8 weeks of the opening of Ukrainian airspace. The company plans to deploy up to 30 new Boeing 737 MAXs in Kiev, Lviv and Odessa at a cost of more than $3 billion. It was indicated that the airline is ready to operate up to 600 flights per week. In addition, Ryanair plans to open daily flights between Kiev, Lviv and Odessa as soon as the airports are ready for it.
It was noted that the airline plans to reach more than 5 million passenger seats per year in the first 12 months after the launch and intends to increase this number to 10 million passengers within five years.
Kyiv Macaroni Factory LLC has mastered the production of a new type of product – bows – using previously installed equipment that had been idle for a long time, said the company’s owner, Alexander Barsuk.
“One of the most complex elements of pasta is butterflies (bows). Kyiv Pasta Factory has mastered the production of this product. This is not new equipment, although it is from a well-known European manufacturer. Previously, it refused to work, and everything was somehow wrong. They also blamed the flour. But we found better flour and set up production. The first batches already have a guaranteed order,” he wrote on Facebook.
According to the owner of the company, the new product will be packaged in 800-gram packages.
Answering customers’ questions about why the product is not packaged in kilogram packages, he explained that all packs on supermarket shelves should be the same size. The type of pasta – bows – is bulky and does not fit in a standard pack.
Mr. Borsuk added that the company is working on new types of pasta, which it will soon introduce to customers.
According to the website of the Kyiv Pasta Factory, which is part of the Yaroslav Group (Kyiv), it is the largest pasta company in Ukraine. Its products are supplied throughout the country and to neighboring countries.
In 2022, Kyivska Macaroni Factory LLC reduced its net loss to UAH 4.576 million from UAH 8.19 million a year earlier, and its revenue to UAH 103.244 million from UAH 116.906 million.
According to Yaroslav’s website, its production facilities include Yaroslav PE (Kyiv), Promin Factory (Dymer, Kyiv region), Boguslav Clothing Factory (Kyiv region), Steblivska Cotton Spinning and Weaving Factory (Cherkasy region), and Krolevets Clothing Factory (Sumy region).
The main specialization is the production of bed linen, rugs, blankets, mattresses, goods for children, and kitchen textiles.
Yaroslav’s director and owner, Oleksandr Borsuk, previously reported that he annually invests about $1 million in equipment and modernization of production facilities.
Ireland’s Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, is considering resuming a small number of flights to Ukraine by the end of this year, provided Ukraine successfully negotiates a partial opening of airspace, the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said.
“We’re considering two plans: one when the war is over and everything opens up in one or two days. And the second, the most likely one, under which we may schedule a small number of flights as early as the end of this year,” O’Leary told Interfax-Ukraine.
He cited the experience of Israel, where aviation continues to operate. “Planes land daily in Tel Aviv, which is only 10 minutes away from the West Bank, from where missiles are launched. It was definite that it was safe to fly and they (the local government – IF-U) can protect the plane. So I see no reason why we can’t return flights (to Ukraine – IF-U),” O’Leary said.
According to his information, the Ministry of Air Transport is currently working on resuming some flights to Ukraine later this year.
“I think we should be optimistic. Now the ministry (Ministry of Recovery – IF-U) is working on resuming some flights to Kiev and Lviv at the end of this year. And if they can prove that it is safe, we will perform these flights,” said the head of Ryanair.
At the same time, he emphasized that if Ukraine fails to convince EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency and insurance companies that it is safe to perform a limited number of flights to Kiev and Lviv, the company will not be able to resume flights.
As reported, Ryanair this week announced a commitment to resume flights to/from Ukraine at low fares within 8 weeks of the opening of Ukrainian airspace. The company plans to deploy up to 30 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in Kiev, Lviv and Odessa at a cost of over $3 billion. It was indicated that the airline is ready to operate up to 600 flights per week. In addition, Ryanair plans to open daily flights between Kiev, Lviv and Odessa as soon as the airports are ready for it.
It was noted that the airline plans to reach more than 5 million passenger seats per year in the first 12 months after the launch and intends to increase this number to 10 million passengers within five years.
Ukrainian grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk has received a “wild card” from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the FIDE World Cup, which starts July 29 in Baku, but has not been allowed to leave the country, the FIDE tweeted on Saturday.
“Vasily Ivanchuk lives in Lviv, Ukraine. According to current legislation, he needs permission from the Ministry of Youth and Sports to leave the country for sporting purposes, as he is under 60 years old (he is now 54). Such authorization was not granted. An official request from the organizers of the World Championship, the Azerbaijan Chess Federation, was also rejected,” the Federation said.
In this regard, some of the world’s leading grandmasters signed an open letter to the Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadim Guttsayt. “We ask the chess community to support this proposal by sharing the letter and hope that more grandmasters will express their support for Grandmaster Ivanchuk,” FIDE said in a statement.
Hotel operator Reikartz is rebranding its hotel chain in Ukraine, with the new name Optima Hotels & Resorts, the operator’s press service said.
“The Ukrainian owners of Reikartz Hotel Group have reached an agreement on the separation of trademarks and decided to create a new brand for the hotel chain in Ukraine. The new name of our chain is Optima Hotels & Resorts. The chain will include Optima and Optima Collection hotels, Vita Park and Raziotel”, – said the operating director of Optima Hotels & Resorts Nadezhda Romanchuk.
She also said that the work on rebranding of hotels and on a new website optimahotels.com.ua, which will be launched this summer.
The chain unites more than 80 hotels in Ukraine, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Uzbekistan.
The Reikartz chain operated under the brands Raziotel (a chain of three-star economy hotels), Vita, Optima (three-star wellness resorts and hotels), as well as Reikartz Collection and Reikartz Hotels & Resorts (three-star-plus and four-star business and resort hotels).
In July 2022, the Reikartz River Hotel in Nikolaev suffered significant damage due to Russian shelling.
Reikartz Hotel Management LLC was established in 2008. According to Opendatabot data, the company’s participants are Volodymyr Kashutin (Lviv, 99.9%) and Andriy Dema (Kyiv, 0.1%). Kashutin is listed as the ultimate beneficiary. At the same time, until 2019, the beneficiaries were listed as citizens of the Russian Federation Yuri Vasin, Leonid Lavrentiev and Timur Rodionov.
According to the financial results for 2022, the company’s net profit amounted to UAH 10.6 million against a loss in 2021.
