LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
IA may make Rs 15-cr operating profit
AFTER running into losses during the past three years, Indian Airlines is expected to book operating profits in the current fiscal. The board of Directors of the airlines on Wednesday approved the revised estimates for 2003-04 with an estimated ...
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Indian private airlines entry — SriLankan sees traffic for all
THE arrival of the two Indian private sector domestic airlines — Jet Airways and Air Sahara — on the India-Sri Lanka route has not got the Sri Lanka's national airline, SriLankan, unduly worried. "We sincerely think that there is ...
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Jet Air begins daily flights to Colombo at Rs 7,460
JET Airways has become the third Indian carrier to fly into Sri Lanka and has come out with a promotional fare of Rs 7,460 on the Chennai-Colombo-Chennai sector up to April 30. On Tuesday, the airline connected Colombo with Chennai, operating ...
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SHIPPING
Haldia dock throughput set to top 32 mt
HALDIA dock is all set to end the current financial year with a total traffic throughput of over 32 million tonnes (mt) compared with 28.6 mt in 2002-03. The increase is attributed to significant jump in two items, crude (import) and iron ore ...
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Essar takes delivery of VLCC
ESSAR Shipping has taken delivery of India's first double-hull VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) as part of its plans to become a major player in the energy transportation business. The 3.10-lakh DWT vessel, with a double bottom, is also the ...
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RAILWAYS
Rlys crash course for safer coaches
DAIMLER Benz does it to Mercedes cars. Most other auto companies also do it to their cars. Now, Indian Railways is burning and crashing brand new passenger coaches to collect information on how to make them safer and reduce human casualties in ...
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`Funds not a constraint for rail safety'
FUNDS are not to be a constraint for railway safety and the private sector should come forward and work with the Railways to make it a safer mode of transport, the Railway Board Chairman, Mr R.K. Singh, said on Wednesday. "We have prepared a ...
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