The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 25, 2003

IA launches Goa packages
Indian Airlines (IA), which will start three non-stop flights between Delhi and Goa from May 1 this year, has announced a special promotional return fare of Rs 16,785 and also come up with special hotel packages for passengers travelling with ... More

Air India defers meet to decide on aircraft buy
While AI's dream of acquiring Medium Capacity Long Range (MCLR) aircraft came close to becoming a reality in the morning, by mid-afternoon it became a distant dream yet again. Official sources told Business Line early in the day that the ... More

War surcharge on British Air cargo removed
BRITISH Airways World Cargo (BWAC) has announced the removal of the war surcharge of £0.07 per kg ( 0.10 euro/kg, or $0.10/kg or local currency equivalent) with immediate effect. The surcharge applied to all shipments from the UK, Europe, ... More

Lack of pilots forces AI to cancel Muscat flight
AIR-INDIA on Thursday cancelled a scheduled flight on the Mumbai-Thiruvananthapuram-Muscat sector, as there were no pilots to operate the flight. According to an airline spokesperson, the flight was cancelled due the non-availability of ... More

Jet Airways reschedules 20 Mumbai flights
JET Airways (JA) has rescheduled close to 20 flights operating to and from Mumbai due to the closure of the main runway at the airport there due to recarpeting. The change in flights, which comes into immediate effect, is to remain in force till ... More

SHIPPING

It may take a while to restore supply chain
THE impact of the truckers' strike that was called off on Wednesday will be felt for another 10 days as a huge backlog has to be cleared at various ports and other locations. "It would take at least a week or ten days for the nation-wide ... More

LOTS seeks to move ilmenite sand on barges
LOTS Shipping Ltd, one of the leading inland water transport operators in Kochi, has approached Indian Rare Earths, Chavara, seeking permission to transport ilmenite sand in barges from the company to Kochi Port through National Waterways No-III. ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE

Truckers to gain under free tariff regime: Panel
THIS is one question that would continue to trouble truckers who are back behind the steering wheels after a 10-day interregnum. If the motor insurance experience were painful with insurance companies overcharging despite specified rates, what ... More

RAILWAYS

SER freight loading touches record high of 201.6 m.t.
During the fiscal 2002-03, SER posted a net surplus of Rs 3,302 crore and achieved an operating ratio of 71.7 per cent, a notch better than the operating ratio of 76.1 per cent clocked in 2001-02. More

SE Railway plans to step up traffic to Haldia dock
AFTER having lost a substantial volume of traffic in respect of the ports of Paradip and Visakhapatnam as a sequel to trifurcation, the South Eastern Railway (SER) will be concentrating on the Haldia dock complex of Kolkata Port Trust. As a ... More

Rly concession for scribes
ACCREDITED journalists will be entitled to a 30 per cent concession in rail tickets of all classes in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains from May 1. The annual travel limit of 30,000 km has also been done away with. The Ministry of Railways on ... More

ROADWAYS

Small private goods carriers make merry post-strike
Transportation of essential commodities and perishable goods such as fruits and vegetables are the priority picks, for which traders at Bangalore's major market places were willing to pay higher transport prices. More

Ships in Ports

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