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Azerbaijani cargo carrier Silk Way West Airlines has signed a component pool agreement with Istanbul-based MRO provider Turkish Technic for its Boeing 777F fleet.

During a regional conference on the Middle Corridor held in Georgia, Rahman Hummatov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport, highlighted the Zangazur Corridor's potential to significantly enhance the transportation capabilities of the Middle Corridor.

Rahman Hummatov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport, recently spoke about the significance of the Middle Corridor at a regional conference held in Georgia.

The Middle Corridor transits through the South Caucasus, over the Caspian Sea, and into Central Asia following routes that were once the primary means of regional trade dating back to the Silk Road.

The capital of Azerbaijan welcomed a new scheduled train carrying 55 forty-foot containers from China’s Xi’an, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

As Russia experiences the impact of sanctions and restrictions in trade and economic relations with a number of countries, Central Asian countries and China are exploring new routes to increase their exports to Europe, bypassing Russia.

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank plan to invest 1.5 billion euros in strategic transportation infrastructure projects in Central Asia to establish a transportation corridor from the region bypassing Russia.

The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), in collaboration with the Azerbaijan Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) - Azeraeronavigation (AZANS), hosted the inaugural CANSO Euro-Asia Summit this week in Azerbaijan.

Good news from Baku. The Caspian Air Cargo Summit, which Michael Mackey attended for the ITJ at the end of last year, had two clear messages for the industry.

As Azerbaijan and Armenia head into 2024, the hopes are high that these two South Caucasus nations will finally achieve peace.

US and its allies essentially forced the route through Iran by rejecting or failing to assist Zangezur.

The “Middle Corridor” connecting Europe and Asia has been very much in the limelight ever since the start of the war in Ukraine as buyers and sellers tried to anticipate the implications of sanctions against Russia and other problems in the supply chain.

National railway ADY took delivery of four Stadler Flirt diesel multiple-units during December.

In a recent conversation with Tvnet, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Türkiye's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, announced plans for the completion of the Zangazur Corridor by 2028.

The Caspian Sea, situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, emerges as a linchpin in the geopolitical landscape of Central Asia. Bounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan, this expansive inland body of water holds the distinction of being the largest enclosed sea globally.

Azerbaijani airlines paid Armenia about 90 thousand euros for flights to Nakhchivan and back in 2023, reports Sputnik Armenia, citing the Armenian Civil Aviation Committee.

The first Stadler FLIRT diesel trains have been delivered to Azerbaijan, presented at the Baku station, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

The Rasht-Astara railway line is a key missing link along the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which aims to connect Russia and India. According to Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, construction of this section should start in early 2024.

Rail freight volumes between China and Azerbaijan for the first 11 months of 2023 increased by 47 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently presented the "Crossroads of Peace" initiative at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum held at the end of October. Alongside other regional figures like Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Ali Asadov, Pashinyan outlined his vision for regional collaboration.

Central Asia-Caucasus (CACI) Institute held discussions on the viability of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) on Dec. 5. The performance of a transportation corridor linking Europe to Asia through the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) depends on critical investments in trade route diversification, the road and port transshipment improvement, and resolving operational inefficiency. 

Russia’s war on Ukraine brought a new perspective for the Middle Corridor, but policy shifts and investment are needed to respond to the new demand and to support economic development in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The intermodal specialist has joined forces with Maersk and Cosco to realise new projects for container shipments via the sea route.

After taking delivery of its first B777F and ordering five more triple-seven freighter aircraft and two A350F, the Azeri cargo airline is now increasingly focusing on expanding its ground infrastructure.