The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 31, 2005

Air Deccan in pact with Kingfisher Airlines
AIR Deccan, India's first low-cost airline, has signed a non-poaching agreement with Kingfisher Airlines to ensure that the two airlines do not poach each other's pilots. The agreement was signed on Tuesday. Captain G.R. Gopinath, Managing ... More

SriLankan to add 14 new flights
SRILANKAN Airlines is adding 14 new flights to its 10 destinations in India, taking the number of flights from the country to 85 a week. Addressing a press conference in Kochi, Mr M. Fazeel, Regional Manager for the Pacific, Far East and South ... More

IA apex fares for Port Blair
INDIAN Airlines has introduced apex fares for the Chennai-Port Blair route and the Kolkata-Port Blair route for increasing the tourist traffic at the Andaman Islands in the coming summer. The move is aimed at giving a fillip to the falling ... More

SHIPPING

Plan panel raises doubts on Sethusamudram
THE Union Planning Commission has raised doubts on the viability of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal project, and the Union Shipping Ministry will give a detailed reply to this, according to Mr D.T. Joseph, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping. After ... More

Second terminal at Chennai port okayed
THE Centre has accorded an `in-principle' approval for the development of a second container terminal at Chennai port on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. The estimated cost of the project would be Rs 491.76 crore, of which Chennai port ... More

Chennai port users stress need for better rail, road connectivity
THERE is an urgent need to improve rail and road connectivity to the Chennai port, according to the port users. Lack of proper connectivity is the most serious issue affecting the trade and port, they said at an interactive session with Mr D.T. ... More

Tuticorin port announces new incentive scheme
THE Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) has announced a new incentive scheme for fiscal 2005-06 to attract higher volume of cargo and more number of vessels to the port. The port trust will offer 25 per cent wharfage rebate on new cargo, which was not ... More

Concor's Kolkata dock terminal likely by May-end
THE Container Corporation of India's (Concor) terminal being built within the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) is likely to be ready for operation sometime in end May or early June. "The bulk of the work is complete", observe Concor sources, adding, ... More

SOFTWARE

AFL launches logistics solution for auto component sector
AS the D-day for the implementation of value-added tax (VAT) draws near, a question uppermost in the minds of suppliers of auto components spread across many locations is how to reach out to their OEM clients who are concentrated in a few centres ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Govt to call meeting of airlines to discuss pilot poaching
WITH public sector carriers being hit by a paucity of pilots, the Government today said that it would soon convene a meeting with all affected parties to approach the issue of poaching of pilots. The Minister of Civil Aviation, Mr Praful ... More

RAILWAYS

Kochuveli railway terminal opened
THE city's second railway terminal at Kochuveli formally started operations today when the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, flagged off the Kochuveli-Hazrat Nizamuddin Kerala Sampark Kranti Express. The Chief Minister said on the occasion that ... More

`Extend MRTS to Mahabalipuram'
THE Tamil Nadu Government plans to ask the Railways Ministry to extend the Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) to Mahabalipuram. According to the policy note of the Transport Department tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, the State Government ... More

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