The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 24, 2005

India-UK air fares set to drop further
Jet officials said a lot will depend on how the airlines of the Gulf region, which offer connections through their home base to the UK, react to the proposed increase in the number of non-stop flights between India and Britain More

AI Express begins services from Delhi, Mumbai
AIR India Express, the low-cost arm of Air-India, has started operating flights from Mumbai and Delhi. In a statement, the airline said that while the first flight from Mumbai took off on Sunday night, the maiden flight from Delhi left on ... More

Jet Air launches London service
JET Airways launched its first inter-continental flight by linking Mumbai with London Heathrow by a non-stop day flight here on Monday. According to an official statement, flight 9W 118 (Mumbai-London), will depart from the international ... More

Jet Airways to pre-pay IDFC debt
JET Airways India Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has agreed to accept prepayment of its subordinated debt assistance to the company. Following this agreement the company has ... More

ENVIRONMENT

Ecology fears over Sethu project allayed
THE Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Mr D.T. Joseph, has allayed fears that the Rs 2,427-crore Sethusamudram canal project would pose some environmental problems. "There will be no basic damage to any environment. In fact, the environmental ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Sethusamudram will give impetus to industrial growth'
TRADE and industrial bodies have hailed the Union Government's approval of the Sethusamudram canal project. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Southern Region, Madurai Zone, in a release, has said that the project would give impetus to ... More

SHIPPING

Cochin Port Labour Union plea against port privatisation
THE Cochin Port Labour Union, affiliated to CITU, has urged the Union Government to desist from the proposed move to privatise all major ports in the country, including Kochi Port. A resolution adopted at the union meeting here has decided to ... More

Mercator Lines signs Rs 50-crore deal with SAIL
MERCATOR Lines Ltd (MLL), the country's second largest shipping company in the private sector, has bagged a Rs 50-crore contract from Steel Authority of India Ltd for transportation of about five lakh tonnes of coal over a period of 15 months ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Concor begins benchmarking across centres
To turn cost competitive, Container Corporation of India (Concor) has embarked on a benchmarking exercise. Since no other organisation in the country operates on the lines of Concor, the company is defining its best practice benchmarks ... More

PEOPLE

Air Cargo Agents Assn office-bearers
KOCHI: Mr S. Krishnan and Mr Shaji Varghese have been elected Chairman and Secretary respectively of the Air Cargo Agents Association - Kerala Region for the year 2005-06. ... More

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