The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 19, 2003

Thai Airways to offer regular flights from Chennai
THAI Airways International is to start a four-times-a-week service on the Bangkok-Chennai-Dubai sector from October 26. The airline will operate an Airbus A-330-300 aircraft offering 42 seats in business class and 263 seats in economy class on ... More

Sharjah ties up with IA to boost toursim
The Sharjah package includes return airfares in the economy class, hotel stay for two nights and three days in a select three and five-star hotels. More

Lufthansa to offer tickets on auction through SMS
THE German airline, Lufthansa, in association with Mobile2Win is organising the first live auction through SMS in India on September 25. On auction will be tickets to various European and North American destinations such as New York, London ... More

SHIPPING

Bengal Tiger joins APL for regular services to S-E Asia from Vizag
"We are in fact extending one of our present bi-weekly Chennai-Port Kelang/Singapore services also to cover the Visakhapatnam port", according to a spokesman for BTL. More

New norms laid for tariff fixation at major ports
HENCEFORTH, revenue share or royalty payment made by private operators to the major port trusts will not be allowed as an element of cost while fixing and revising tariffs for the services provided by them. "The Government has issued a policy ... More

DISINVESTMENT

`SC ruling not to impact airports privatisation'
THE Supreme Court ruling on the disinvestment of the oil companies has "absolutely no bearing on the privatisation initiative taken for the Mumbai and Delhi airports," according to Mr K. Roy Paul, Secretary, Civil Aviation. He told presspersons ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Airport employees start relay hunger strike
PROTESTING the Government's move to privatise the airports in Mumbai and Delhi, the Airports Authority Employee's Union (AAEU) today started a relay hunger strike throughout the country. Office-bearers of the AAEU said that its members had gone ... More

RAILWAYS

Indian Railways: Time to improve standards
CARRYING an average 13 million passengers in 8,250 passenger-trains daily, the Indian Railways is one of the world's largest transporters of passenger traffic. But despite such phenomenal dependence by the travelling ... More

ROADWAYS

Detariffing: Govt wants IRDA group to listen to truckers' views
Apprehending trouble if the truckers are left out, the Ministry has reminded the group that there has already been an all-India transport strike in April. More

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