The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 28, 2003

Strikes are passé in market economy
The Indian Pilot Guild's belligerent attitude and demands are as unreasonable as the issues raised by the truckers during their strike. And they are only counter-productive in a heterogeneous and free market environment. More

15 more pilots suspended — Flight schedules being modified
AIR India issued suspension letters on Sunday to another 15 of its pilots, bringing the total number of those suspended to 27. The strike by the pilots has forced the airline to suspend some flights and reschedule several others. Mr Jitender ... More

Air India cancels 37 Gulf flights
AIR India has cancelled 37 of its 75 weekly flights from the Gulf and West Asian region under a revised schedule valid from April 27 to 30, due to the ongoing pilots' agitation. A senior airline official told Business Line today that ... More

More IA flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi
INDIAN Airlines is scheduled to operate additional flights on the sector Delhi-Dubai-Delhi on April 28 and 30, and Delhi-Abu Dhabi-Muscat-Delhi to clear the stranded passengers of Air India. According to an official statement, this is being ... More

AI may consider setting up crew bases at Delhi, Kochi
IN a move that could help Air India offer more direct flights from India, the airline is said to be examining a proposal to set up crew base stations in Delhi and Kochi. Sources told Business Line that initially, the airline plans to ... More

SHIPPING

Chennai Port's VRS — Cess plan may run aground
A novel voluntary retirement scheme is being considered by the Chennai port. But the Shipping Ministry fears it would jack up rather than reduce user costs, apart from setting a bad precedent. More

Best container ports — Kochi, JNP can be in the top box
CAN India's container handling ports find a place among the top 30 such facilities of the world? Yes, provided the authorities concerned care to extend the support necessary for the development of infrastructure such as deepening and widening ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE

Motor insurance detariffing proposal hits road block
TRANSPORTERS can brush aside their worries over a free-for-all insurance regime. This is because the vehicle to de-tariff motor insurance that was threatening to move into the fast lane appears now to be heading for a crash with multiple ... More

RAILWAYS

Eastern Railway reinventing itself
FAIRY Queen, the first locomotive of East Indian Railways (EIR), made its first journey at the head of a passenger train from Howrah to Hooghly on August 15,1854, marking the beginning of rail services in eastern India. Since then, the railways ... More

ECR, SECR budgetary grant
THE South Eastern Railway (SER) today is different from what it was till March 31, 2003. On April 1, two new zones, namely East Coast Railway (ECR) and South East Central Railway (SECR), were created by carving out of SER. The SER is, therefore, ... More

Ships in Ports

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