The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 06, 2003

Open skies for Asean — Six southern cities likely to benefit
THE recent announcement of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, allowing the designated airlines of the 10-member Association of South-East Asian States (Asean) to operate flights to 18 tourist destinations in India could prove to be a ... More

Emirates flights to display night sky
THE Dubai-based Emirates Airline has set its sights on the stars — literally — to help it offer new levels of comfort and enjoyment to travellers on ultra long-haul flights from next month. In an industry first, an image of the ... More

AI's Abu Dhabi station posts 10% growth in cargo, passenger traffic
AIR India's Abu Dhabi station has recorded a good performance in October compared with the same month last year, registering ten per cent growth in cargo and passenger traffic. The airline has also introduced one additional flight each on the ... More

GoM meet today to shortlist advisor
THE Government's initiative to modernise the airports at Delhi and Mumbai is likely to get a fillip with the Group of Ministers (GoM) scheduled to meet here on Thursday to decide on the future road map and to firm up the names of the financial ... More

SHIPPING

JNPT defers weightage formula for 3rd terminal bids
The weightage formula was rejected by the Board of Trustees of JNPT, which was communicated to the Shipping Ministry for its consideration. More

Visakha box terminal to import more handling equipment
VISAKHA Container Terminal Private Ltd , the joint venture firm currently engaged in the operation and maintenance of Visakhapatnam port's container terminal, has firmed up arrangements for the import of more handling equipment for the terminal. ... More

Garden Reach takes up update scheme
GARDEN Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers , the public sector ship-building yard under the administrative control of the Defence Ministry, has embarked upon a Rs 270-crore modernisation project to hasten ship construction activity and reduce the ... More

RAILWAYS

Inspection of Kankanady-Kabakaputtur rly line
MANGALORE: The Commissioner of Railway Safety, Mr P.K. Sen, will hold a statutory inspection of the Kankanady-Kabakaputtur route on the Hassan-Mangalore railway line on November 10 and 11. Motor trolley inspection will be held on ... More

Commissioning of Jammu-Udhampur rail link in Dec
AS part of the Railways' efforts to connect the Kashmir valley with rail by 2007, the Jammu-Udhampur rail link will be commissioned next month, four months ahead of schedule. The Railways Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday told the ... More

Ships in Ports

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