The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 09, 2005

NRKs, exporters oppose Air India move to curtail flights to Dubai
NON-RESIDENT Keralites and the exporting community are up in arms against Air India's move to withdraw two of the seven weekly flights operating in the Thiruvananthapuram-Dubai sector from the forthcoming summer schedule and a proposal for an ... More

AAI Coimbatore office upgraded
COIMBATORE: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has upgraded its Coimbatore office of AAI civil aerodrome and the status of the station head will be that of a general manager. According to a communication from Mr C. Vijayakumar, ... More

SpiceJet gets overnight parking slots in 2 cities
SPICEJET, the low fare, no-frills brand from Royal Airways Ltd, has been given overnight parking slots at New Delhi and Mumbai. According to a statement from the company, SpiceJet has been given two overnight parking slots at IGI Airport in the ... More

Govt considering raising retirement age for pilots
TO get over the shortage of pilots, the Government is examining options including increasing the retirement age of pilots to 61 years. "We are in consultation with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to raise the retirement age of ... More

Airports in South gearing up to handle more international traffic
AIRPORTS in the southern region are gearing up for double-digit growth in international traffic with major upgradation and expansion plans on the anvil. The southern region experienced a growth of 25 per cent during the last six months in air ... More

Air Deccan bookings for Rs 500 tickets open
LOW-COST airline Air Deccan on Tuesday said the bookings for 12,500 tickets priced at Rs 500 each will open on March 9 for the June-August reservations. Passengers can book tickets for Delhi-Bangalore-Delhi, Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Sonia Gandhi to lay stone for Hyderabad international airport
AFTER years of wait, civil works of the Greenfield Hyderabad International Airport project, with several unique features such as `Airport Village,' and featuring airline hubs, would get under way formally with the foundation stone laying by the ... More

Before the makeover
Taramani road in Chennai, a view from Madhya Kailash temple which is going to be the entrance to the six- track IT corridor of about 40 km to Mahabalipuram .The trees along this road are to be transplanted along the Buckingham Canal that runs ... More

SHIPPING

Ship owners delay buying plans as used tanker rates flare up
CAN the price of a second-hand ship be more than that of a new one? Incredible as it may sound, but it is true in the current international tanker market. As shipyards the world over are full with new-building orders, ship owners are willing to ... More

CCTL feeder operators pare surcharge
CONTAINER Feeder Operators (CFOs) — operating from Singapore/Port Klang to Chennai and the other way round — have reduced the Chennai Container Terminal Immediate Congestion Surcharge to $15 a TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit-laden) ... More

RAILWAYS

House panel seeks 10 pc of rail budget for N-E
THE Ministry of Railways should earmark ten per cent of the total Railway Budget for developing rail network in the North East region instead of ten per cent from the budgetary support available for general distribution alone, as is the present ... More

SER hopeful of reaching 72.5 mt freight throughput
SOUTH Eastern Railway (SER)hopes to achieve a freight traffic throughput of 72.5 million tonnes (mt) in 2004-05, up from the target of 71 mt and the 69.15 mt handled in 2003-04. SER sources attributed the improvement to the jump in iron ore ... More

Work on new station reviewed
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mr Ramesh Chandra, General Manager, Southern Railway, has reviewed the progress of work on the second coaching terminal being set up at Kochuveli in the suburbs. The newly laid lines have been integrated with the ... More

ROADWAYS

Madhucon bags NHAI deal
HYDERABAD: The National Highway Authority of India has awarded Madhucon Projects Ltd a Rs 250-crore project comprising laying of 57-km four-lane highway in the Bharatpur-Mahua section in Rajasthan on build, operate and transfer basis. The ... More

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