The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 21, 2006

IA extends date for leasing of wide-body aircraft
INDIAN Airlines has extended by two weeks the closing date for dry leasing 12 wide-body aircraft. The airline, which is to decide from among the Airbus A-330, Airbus A-340, Airbus 310-300 and Boeing 767 Extended Range and Boeing 777 aircraft, ... More

Vijay Mallya urges Govt to ensure level-playing field
KINGFISHER Airlines, which sees no impact of the Jet Airway's acquisition of Air Sahara on it, however, has urged the Government of India to ensure equal and level-playing field for every operator in the country. In an informal chat with ... More

Kingfisher Airlines plans Bangalore-Mangalore service
KINGFISHER Airlines, which began a Mumbai-Mangalore daily flight service on Friday, is planning to operate a daily flight to Bangalore from Mangalore. Mr Vijay Mallya, Chairman and Managing Director of Kingfisher Airlines, who came from Mumbai ... More

SHIPPING

Tuticorin port sets new record in unloading thermal coal
TUTICORIN port has created a new record on January 15 by unloading 29,030 tonnes of `thermal coal' in bulk at coal jetty I from the vessel "m.v. P.AP.J. Akhil". The previous record discharge of thermal coal was 27,088 tonnes on January 5 from ... More

Kerala to seek Centre's nod for Vizhinjam bid
THE Kerala Government will seek clearance from the Centre before entrusting the work on the Vizhinjam container trans-shipment terminal to the consortium chosen by the State Cabinet. The Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, said here on Friday ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Jet-Sahara deal makes RSP see red — Alleges insider trading, seeks SEBI probe
THE Left allies of the Manmohan Singh Government have sought a probe into the Jet Airways and the Air Sahara deal by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Left sources said that the issue would be discussed in the next meeting of ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Concor, Ircon tie up to provide logistics solutions
AIMING to reduce the unit cost of transportation, Container Corporation of India (Concor) and Ircon International have signed an agreement to work together for promoting multi-modal containerisation and related infrastructure development ... More

ROADWAYS

RIDCOR awards Rs 1,000-cr worth road contracts
THREE companies — Punj Loyd, IVRCL and Ashoka Buildcon — have bagged contracts totalling Rs 1,000 crore for improving 858 km of roads in Rajasthan. The six packages for which contracts have been awarded are to be completed in 15 to 21 ... More

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