The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 13, 2005

Govt says no link between granting rights, airline's IPO
THE Government on Thursday maintained in the Lok Sabha that there was no link between its decision to allow Indian scheduled carriers to operate on international routes and the initial public offering (IPO) issue of a particular airline. In a ... More

Kochi-Hyderabad package deal from Air Sahara
HYDERABAD: Air Sahara, in association with Kerala Tourism, has announced a promotional package on the Hyderabad-Kochi-Hyderabad sector. The package, which has 10 variants to cater to different needs, includes hotel stay, food and visits ... More

AmEx offers benefits to platinum card members on Delta Air
AMERICAN Express has announced that Delta Airlines would join its International Airline Programme that provides American Express Platinum Card members a free companion ticket with every purchase of a full-fare ticket in specified classes and ... More

Air France to have flights from Bangalore
AIR France will start operating five flights a week out of Bangalore from October 31 taking the airline's weekly services out of India to 26, according to Mr Dominique Gass, General Manager, India, Air France. The airline plans to operate daily ... More

INSIGHT

Giving wing to crashing carriers
The US Bankruptcy Court approving the United Airlines plea to shift its under-funded pension plans to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has raised the hackles of its employees. But this historic approval allows the big carriers to re-engineer themselves along the lines of the LCCs, and remain air-borne. This has important implications for India's airline industry, which is being deregulated, says G. Ramachandran. More

SHIPPING

Tuticorin box terminal gets additional yard space, equipment
THE Tuticorin Container Terminal (TCT), operated by PSA Sical Terminals Ltd (PSA Sical), has made capacity additions and commissioned new equipment to meet the growing demand for container handling facilities. The latest expansion exercise has ... More

Calcutta Dock Labour Board pension liabilities — Dept of Shipping to approach Cabinet for Rs 600-cr corpus fund
THE Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways has decided to approach the Union Cabinet with a proposal to seek Rs 600 crore to form a corpus pension fund for Calcutta Dock Labour Board (CDLB). The Ministry had earlier advised CDLB to ... More

RAILWAYS

Token system for rail reservation introduced in Kerala
SOUTHERN Railway has introduced a token-based queue management system at its reservation centre at the Central railway station here. Mr P. Gopala Raman, Member of the Divisional Railway Consultative Committee, inaugurated the new system today. ... More

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