Transport

In its meeting in Frankfurt today, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG appointed Thorsten Dirks to the Executive Board of the Lufthansa Group.

Russian dealers sold 3800 cars in November, which is more by 7% than a year ago. For eleven months of 2016, it was sold about 38,400 Ford vehicles in Russia - a 13% increase compared to the same period of the last year.

New East West rail operation and closer industry cooperation for better services for passengers.

Vnesheconombank and PAO KAMAZ signed a memorandum of cooperation in implementing the export strategy (Naberezhnye Chelny, the Republic of Tatarstan).

Nissan today announced U.S. pricing for the 2017 Nissan NV Cargo van and 2017 Nissan NV Passenger van. Models equipped with the 4.0-liter V6 engine are available now at 440 Nissan Commercial Vehicle dealers nationwide, while V8-equipped models will go on sale in February 2017.

Mostotrest will build a four-lane (two lanes in each direction) bridge crossing with a total length of 1,940 meters and the net bridge length of 485 meters.

 

A new platform at Cardiff Central station designed to help ease congestion will be unveiled in the New Year-all part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

New brand of SUVS Wey, which is belonging to the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, will be launched in April of 2017. 

Wabtec Corporation has acquired majority ownership of Faiveley Transport S.A., after completing the purchase of the Faiveley family’s stake, which represented about 51% of the company’s shares outstanding.

Aeroflot Group published its condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the nine months ended 30 September 2016, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards

The latest Lufthansa fleet aircraft has completed its maiden flight to Munich around three weeks before delivery. The Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 took off on its first flight in Toulouse but without passengers.

Vnesheconombank (VEB), JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA) and Superjet International S.p.A (SJI) met in CityJet's headquarters in Dublin (Ireland) to enter into a Memorandum of Cooperation for financing Sukhoi Superjet 100 supplies.

IATA highlighted four priorities in the Middle East and North Africa which must be addressed for aviation to deliver maximum economic and social benefits.