The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 01, 2005

Air Sahara to start Delhi-London flight from January 6
AIR Sahara will starta four-times-a-week flight on the Delhi-London sector from January 6 next year, with a free-trip offer to any destination that the airline flies for passengers travelling on the soon-to-be-launched flight. Addressing a ... More

Maintenance base to be set up in Kerala: Air India
AIR India will soon set up an aircraft maintenance base in the State, a spokesman for the country's international carrier said here on Wednesday. This comes in the wake of allocation of an 11.5-acre land in Thiruvananthapuram free of cost by ... More

Mahan Air flights from Kochi
THE Iranian airlines Mahan Air will commence flight operations from Cochin International Airport Ltd on December 2. Addressing a press conference here, Mr Mohammad Ahani, Deputy Chief of Mission, Iranian Embassy, New Delhi, said that this ... More

Air Arabia plans more flights to Nagpur
AIR Arabia LLC, owned by the Sharjah Government, is planning to increase the frequency of flights to Nagpur to five from three beginning December 15, besides hoping to launch its services to at least two South Indian destinations. Addressing a ... More

A380s set to change Singapore Air flight path
"We would like to rapidly expand our operations IN India." More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Bidders for Delhi, Mumbai airports update not yet finalised: Patel
SCOTCHING rumours that the short-listing of successful bidders for the restructuring and modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports had been completed, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, said on Wednesday that the Government is yet ... More

Kerala Cabinet okays Kannur airport project
THE State Cabinet has given final approval for the long-pending international airport project at Kannur. The project, which is proposed to be implemented through public-private participation route, is estimated to cost Rs 930 crore. The work on ... More

Kolkata port team plans to build jetty on Hooghly
The proposed jetty would be an advanced one with mechanised handling facilities for all types of cargoes, bulk, break-bulk and containers, to be complete with a container freight station and adequate backup area. More

SHIPPING

Cochin Shipyard bags Rs 372-cr ONGC order
COCHIN Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has bagged a major repair order worth Rs 372 crore from ONGC to repair its three rigs. The work for the three rigs — mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) Sagar Vijay and Sagar Bhushan and the Jack up rig ... More

Dredging of Kollam-Kottapuram waterway to go on
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, Mr T.R. Baalu, has said that dredging of the Kollam-Kottapuram National Waterway-3 will continue. The Minister said in reply to a question by Mr P. Rajendran MP, during ... More

Lowering of cranes: Kochi port, Navy settle issue
THE issue of lowering of the harbour mobile cranes in the container terminal of the Kochi port following objections raised by the Navy have been settled amicably. The naval authorities at the Southern Naval Command had demanded lowering of the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Icelandic co Samskip to set up food supply chain biz in India
SAMSKIP Group, a shipping and logistics company based in Iceland, is planning to set up its food supply chain business in the country. Mr Simon Dwyer, Managing Director, Samskip Group UK, said, "We hope to establish our presence in Asian ... More

EVENTS

Vizag getting ready for Kalam's visit
THE roads in Visakhapatnam will be improved thanks to the forthcoming visit of the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, to participate in the Naval Fleet Review. The State Chief Secretary, Mr T.K. Dewan, who came here on Tuesday along with the ... More

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