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Tax sops to boost aviation industry
THE travel industry has welcomed the Finance Ministry's concessions for the aviation industry, estimating that the reduction in the excise duty on air turbine fuel (ATF) and abolition of the 15 per cent inland air travel tax (IATT), would lower ...
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Domestic airfares set to move southwards by 13-15 pc
THE Government move to abolish the 15 per cent Inland Air Travel Tax (IATT) is expected to see domestic airfares drop by between 13 per cent and 15 per cent. In effect, the announcement means that a passenger travelling in economy class by ...
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Keep boarding card to get tax refund
IF you have purchased your air ticket before the fares came down but are travelling after the lower fares come into effect on Friday, do not panic. Both Indian Airlines (IA) and Air Sahara on Thursday asked the passengers to keep their boarding ...
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Air Deccan's new service to Coimbatore
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Patna, Haldia barge cargo service planned
THE Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC), the public sector river transport company, is to shortly start fixed schedule sailings between Patna and Haldia on the National Waterway Number One (i.e. Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river ...
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NMPT exports 3,38,984 t of iron ore fines in current fiscal
THE Chairman in-charge of New Mangalore Port Trust, Mr G.J. Rao, has said that the port exported 3,38,984 tonnes of iron ore fines during the current financial year by conventional methods of handling. Addressing the exporters at an ...
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P&O Ports moots integration of terminals to make JN Port a hub
P&O PORTS has suggested integration of the container terminals run by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), its own terminal at Nhava Sheva and the one to be developed by converting the unutilised bulk terminal into one mega terminal as a ...
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Shifting Vallarpadam to a new site proposed
THE Cochin Port Trust Officers Association (CPTOA) has suggested that if the location of the proposed international container transhipment terminal project is shifted from Vallarpadam site to nearby Puthuvypeen, there would be a considerable ...
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