LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Jet seeks to rope in Changi in Delhi, Mumbai airport revamp
THE list of suitors interested in participating in the modernisation and restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports is all set to expand. The country's leading private sector airline, Jet Airways, is scheduled to meet officials of Singapore's ...
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BA halves fares on flights to London
A handful of airlines have announced almost 50 per cent fare cuts on their European sectors, as they vie for a larger share of the travel pie. Close on the heels of Gulf Air's Rs 21,000-offer on its Mumbai-Muscat-London sector, British Airways ...
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Jayalalithaa's help sought to speed up Coimbatore airport project
A REQUEST to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, to help in the land acquisition process so as to speed up work on the expansion of the runway of the Coimbatore airport has been made by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Centre inks Bangalore airport project deal
IN a move facilitating a step closer to the construction of the country's first private sector greenfield airport at Bangalore, the concession agreement for the airport project was signed here on Monday between the Union Government and the ...
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Bangalore Airport: Now, Karnataka to tie up loose ends
BIAL will also have to sign the communication navigation system/air traffic management pact with AAI.
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SHIPPING
SCI may acquire two more VLCCs
THE Shipping Corporation of India's board has before it for consideration the proposal for acquisition of two more very large crude carriers (VLCCs). This is in addition to two such carriers for which orders were earlier placed with Hyundai ...
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Congestion paralyses box movement at JN port
CONGESTION is no more an unfamiliar occurrence at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, but what the exporters and importers depending on the port are facing today is something that they had not encountered in recent times. The two terminals at the port ...
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RAILWAY BUDGET
Laloo urges Opposition not to boycott Rly budget
WITH the Opposition set to boycott the Railway Budget presentation on Tuesday, the Railways Minister, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, has said he hopes that "better sense would prevail". "I will present my Budget to the people of this nation. Whether ...
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RAILWAYS
Harsud Rly station: Living on borrowed time
A DELAYED monsoon may have come to the rescue of the Railways, which is yet to dismantle the 51-kilometre long old railway line running through Harsud before the waters of the Narmada submerge it. There is valuable equipment to retrieve like ...
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Suburban hell
Can these commuters on one of Mumbai's crowded suburban trains hope for an easier journey after the Railway Budget?
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