The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Air Sahara plans big expansion
AIR Sahara plans to expand the number of flights from 53 to 155 by the end of the year to reach more destinations. "The airline is working on a massive expansion plan. We plan to launch more flights to more sectors soon and cover the entire ... More

Lanka expects tourist flow from India to double
ARRIVALS of Indian tourists into Sri Lanka are expected to more than double this year from last year's 34,000 tourists. The optimism comes despite LTTE problems and the island-nation has recorded arrivals of 37,700 from January to June this ... More

JAL plans to buy out Indian partners in air services co
THE Japanese national carrier Japan Airlines (JAL), which recently resumed its twice-weekly flights between New Delhi and Tokyo, has finalised plans to buy out the Indian partners in its joint venture company Indo-Japan Air Services Private Ltd ... More

Crickcitement in the sky
AIR Sahara is launching a Rs 25-crore `crickcitement' scheme, which offers flyers a chance of winning close to 100 million prizes ranging from a Rs 2.5-crore Timber Chalet near Mumbai to a fully expense paid trip to watch India play in Sri Lanka, ... More

Special excursion fares from Jet
JET Airways has launched special fares from Delhi to Lucknow, Jammu and Srinagar for one-way travel in economy class to meet the current market demand. The special fares, which will be valid between July 15 and September 30, offer a one-way ... More

SHIPPING

M.J. Subbaiah made part-time member of TAMP
MR M.J. Subbaiah has been appointed as the new part-time member (finance) on the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). A notification appointing Mr Subbaiah as the new member was issued last week, Government sources said. Mr Subbaiah will ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

2.5 pc annual growth seen in global postal mail: Study
DESPITE the proliferation of e-mail and other means of communication, global postal mail is estimated to grow at 2.5 per cent annually during the 10-year period ending 2005, up from a growth of 0.9 per cent per annum recorded during 1985-95, ... More

Postal Dept logistics foray plan in advanced stage
THE Department of Posts (DoP), over the next few years, proposes to bolster all the resources under its command to "carry whatever needs to be moved from one place to another'', according to Mr S.C. Dutta, Secretary and Chairman of the Board, ... More

RAILWAYS

Third rail bridge over Krishna by year-end
THE third rail bridge across the Krishna would be completed by the year-end and it would become operational during the current financial year, Mr R. Ramanathan, Divisional Railway Manager, has said. At a press meet here on Monday, he said ... More

Chitravati rail bridge to be rebuilt for Rs 23 cr
THE Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, told presspersons here on Monday that the Irrigation Department's proposal to raise the level of the Ghandikota reservoir in Cuddapah district from the present 209 metres to 212 ... More

150 years of Indian Railways — It kept the Raj on economic track
The railway policy was meant to serve British economic and political interest. This is not to mean that the Indian Railways have not contributed to the transport sector. In these 150 years, it has achieved a great deal. But not what it promised. More

ROADWAYS

Riding dangerously on Kovai roads
THE growing number of road accidents in Coimbatore city has underscored the need for safer driving habits among the vehicle users, apart from quick responses from the authorities for remedial measures. A few weeks back, four men — all in ... More

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