The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 07, 2005

AI launches advance check-in facility
PASSENGERS flying on Air India can hope to enjoy more value-added service in the days to come. Inaugurating an advance check-in counter located at its head office in the city here on Monday, Mr V. Thulasidas, Chairman and Managing Director, ... More

Kochi airport draws flak for delay in cargo clearance
LACK of co-ordination between various departments at Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) is causing hardships to exporters and cargo agents, resulting in delay in giving export/import clearance to and from the airport. Sources in the air ... More

Air Deccan launches Re 1 fare from today
GET set to fly in the domestic sky for Re 1! In a move that could lead to a fare war in the domestic arena, Air Deccan is starting to sell 1,000 tickets every month priced at Re 1 from Tuesday. The tickets will be available for flights ... More

Jet's US service to be delayed by a few days
JET Airways (India) Ltd may not be able to commence its US operations as planned on June 23. Revised dates for the service, which will connect Mumbai to Newark via Brussels, would be announced shortly. However, the airline clarified that the ... More

Air Deccan plans IPO
THE low-cost airline, Air Deccan, plans to tap the capital market with an initial public offering (IPO). "We are seriously considering the option. However, we have not decided whether the airline should enter the market in November after the ... More

Kerala seeks more direct flights to US and Europe
THE State Government has requested the Government of India to permit more direct flights between Kerala and major international tourism markets such as the US, the UK, France and Germany. Announcing this at a press conference in the city ... More

IA direct flight to Singapore from Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Indian Airlines (IA) has announced the re-introduction of its direct flight to Singapore from Hyderabad from June 11. The thrice-a-week flight with Airbus A-320 would operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Flight ... More

INSIGHT

A miracle called Airbus 380
AIRBUS Industrie's "flagship of the 21st century" — A380 - the world's largest commercial aircraft that was unveiled in Toulouse, France, in January lends a new dimension to global mobility and distance. ... More

SHIPPING

Ship accident causes oil slick off East Coast
THE Indian Coast Guard has reported a large oil slick off the East Coast near the Sandheads area in the Bay of Bengal, where an Indian vessel, m.v. Faiz, met with an accident recently. Four persons on board the vessel, including two ... More

Award for NMPT
MANGALORE: The Mangalore Town Official Language Implementation Committee has presented the `award for excellence in official language implementation' to New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). An NMPT release said here on Monday that the ... More

RAILWAYS

East Central Railway concerned over poor response to projects
THE East Central Railway, which came into being from April 2003, is finding it hard to attract contractors to execute various projects worth about several hundred crores of rupees. "In the past few months, we floated nine tenders but the level ... More

ROADWAYS

Oil companies plan to launch truck tracking systems
The truck tracking solution operates on GSM technology, which involves mounting a tracking device on the truck. More

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