The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 17, 2005

Vietnam offers to cut airport charges
VIETNAM has invited airlines from India to operate regular services to the country and has offered lower airport charges for flights that are operated to its airports. "We will offer lower airport charges for airlines arriving in either Hanoi ... More

Getting the Indian air traveller on a high
THE eventual implementation of the slew of proposals cleared by the Union Cabinet on December 29 should go a long way in benefiting the international air traveller. Carrying forward the reforms process in the civil ... More

To take on competition, Air India must expand — Mr V. Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India
In a market that is set to witness a lot of action in the low-cost segment, Air-India is preparing its own no-frills airline, Air-India Express. At the same time, it is in the midst of finalising a shopping-list of wide-body aircraft to expand ... More

SHIPPING

Sans vessels, DCI unable to dredge up work
GIVEN the opportunities available world-wide, the public sector Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) would like to grow but finds it difficult in the absence of dredgers that are proving elusive to get. DCI has 12 ... More

Private is not always best
THERE is no dearth of people who swear by the private sector and its efficiency. These loyalists stop at nothing to debunk the state-owned organisations and their poor performance, in general. If only they were always ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Fleet expansion drives Mercator's net up in Q3
DESPITE a slight dip in freight market, especially in the VLCC segment, Mercator Lines Ltd (MLL) has posted a 316 per cent increase in net profit in the third quarter of the current fiscal, mostly due to brisk fleet expansion in the last nine ... More

ROADWAYS

Oil conservation fortnight at Kochi
KOCHI: The Minister for Fisheries and Sports, Mr Dominic Presentation, said public transport has to become more efficient to make oil conservation effective. He called upon oil companies to develop alternate sources of energy such as bio ... More

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