The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 11, 2003

Pvt airlines allowed to fly to all SAARC nations
THE dream of scheduled private sector airlines to operate to destinations abroad was fulfilled today, with the Union Cabinet giving its nod to allow them to fly to all the SAARC countries - - Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan ... More

Global airline sector operating loss in 2002 put at $7.3 b
AIRLINES across the world are estimated to have incurred an aggregate operating loss of $7.3 billion, or 2.3 per cent of their total operating revenues, in 2002. According to the Annual Civil Aviation Report for 2002 prepared by the ... More

Maharaja flies to Shanghai
AIR India is offering an introductory return fare of Rs 18,000 on its Mumbai-Shanghai flight, which will commence from Thursday. The twice-weekly flights departing from Mumbai on Thursdays and Saturdays will pick up passengers from Delhi on the ... More

Lufthansa to add more seasonal flights
LUFTHANSA, a German airline, has announced that it would add four seasonal flights between Bangalore and Frankfurt under the Government of India`s Open Sky Policy starting from January 6 to February 29. At present, the airline operates 24 ... More

Qatar Airways adds more flights to India
The additional flights will see the airline offer daily flights to Mumbai, Kochi, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram, during the busy Christmas and New Year period. The Qatar Airways' Chief Executive Officer, Mr Akbar Al Baker, said: "We are ... More

SHIPPING

JNPT short-term bond issue oversubscribed on first day
JNPT has authorisation to raise Rs 450 crore to pre-pay the principal outstanding loan amount of Rs 468 crore taken from the World Bank. More

Govt plans more dry ports in North
THE Minister for Small-Scale Industries, Mr C.P. Thakur, said on Tuesday that the Government was considering creating more `dry ports' in North India, and improving the facilities in the existing complex to deal with the land-locked geographical ... More

ROADWAYS

New bridges to be inaugurated in AP
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Union Minister for Surface Transport and Highways, General B.C. Khanduri, is scheduled to inaugurate on Saturday two bridges on the recently widened four-lane National Highway No. 5 between Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam ... More

Plea for Udupi - Suratkal four-lane conversion

Ships in Ports

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