LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Domestic air fares to go up 10 pc
FLYING within the country will cost more from October 14. Faced with the continuing northward movement in global oil prices, most domestic airlines plan to impose an across-the-board 10 per cent hike in domestic fares from October 14. While the ...
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SriLankan Air unveils Dassera package
TO tap the upcoming festival rush, SriLankan Airlines has announced a Dassera package, offering two nights of free stay in the island nation en route to the Far East or Europe. The package is valid up to October 31. Passengers would be put up ...
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Asean airlines prepare for more landings in India
A YEAR into former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's open sky announcement for the designated airlines of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), several airlines of the region are firming up plans to touch down at ...
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SHIPPING
Congestion at JN port — Task Force likely to submit report soon
THE Task Force set up by the Commerce Ministry to look into the congestion problem faced by two container terminals at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, held its first meeting on Wednesday. Headed by the JNPT Chairman, Mr Ravi Budhiraja, the Task Force ...
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Kochi box transhipment terminal contract — Dubai Ports Intl sets up new subsidiary
DUBAI Ports International has incorporated India Gateway Terminal Private Ltd to manage the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) and later on to develop and manage the proposed international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) at ...
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Concor resumes handling at Coimbatore
CONTAINER Corporation of India Ltd (Concor), which had suspended export/import handling here since last Saturday, has decided to resume work immediately at its existing premises inside the Coimbatore railway junction. Concor has issued a notice ...
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EVENTS
Air India, IAF to take part in air show on Oct 17
A Boeing 747-400 from the Air-India fleet will fly at an altitude of just 1,000 feet and will be escorted by two Su-30 fighter aircraft.
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RAILWAYS
Fears of `misuse' delay Railways' e-ticket plans
THE Indian Railways' (IR) plans to launch e-ticketing by the year-end is likely to be delayed due to concerns over "misuse." The Railways had been planning to start its pilot project for e-tickets on select Shatabdi Express trains since early ...
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IRFC confident of raising Rs 3,400 cr
THE Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) does not foresee any major difficulty in completing its budgeted Rs 3,400 crore borrowings for the current fiscal, despite signs of liquidity tightening on account of inflationary pressures fed by ...
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ROADWAYS
Dangerous journey
An overloaded jeep on a narrow road in the suburb of Munnar. Absence of public transport in the region compels people to use this dangerous mode of transport in the treacherous ...
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