The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 03, 2006

Reliance Airport moves court against award
THE modernisation plan for Delhi and Mumbai airports faced its first major legal hurdle on Thursday with the Reliance Airport Developers Private Ltd filing a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the award of the modernisation contract. ... More

AAI employees continue stir — Passengers advised to travel light
FLIGHT services were normal across the country even as the Airports Authority of India employees continued their agitation on Thursday. "Passengers should be prepared for some inconvenience due to the AAI agitation. We would advise them to ... More

AIRLINES

IA slashes economy fares in 146 sectors
THE state owned airline, Indian Airlines on Thursday launched `unchecked fares' that offers highly reduced fares for travel in economy class on 146 sectors. In a statement, the airline has said that under the scheme a passenger can travel ... More

Emirates to promote Kerala tourism
EMIRATES, the Dubai-based airline, will promote Kerala as a tourist destination through its subsidiary, Emirates Holidays. The Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline group, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al- Maktoum, said here on Thursday ... More

Air Deccan unveils new flight to Mumbai from Bangalore
AIR Deccan, the country's first low-cost carrier, on Thursday announced the introduction of an additional flight on the Bangalore and Mumbai sector. An Airbus 320 will be deployed for the new flight, which leave Bangalore at 2140 hours to ensure ... More

SHIPPING

RITES prepares report on rail link for Tata, Posco mines
RAIL India Technical & Economic Services (RITES) will prepare feasibility reports on rail infrastructure for the steel plants being set up by Tata Steel in Orissa, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh, and by Posco, the Korean steel giant, in ... More

`Road, rail connectivity — a must to improve ports'
AN official committee says that each port in the country should preferably have at least a four-lane road connectivity as well as double-line rail connectivity so that evacuation of cargo from the port and movement to the port areas achieve ... More

IndianOil Petronas plans to handle LPG at Ennore port
According to the source, the LPG handling would take off after receiving environment clearance. More

Record unloading of coking coal in Vizag
A RECORD quantity of 29,390 tonnes of coking coal of Steel Authority of India Ltd was unloaded from m.v. Yong Feng at the general cargo berth with the help of two floating cranes on Tuesday, surpassing the previous best of 28,315 tonnes achieved ... More

CPT board members oppose move to hike tariff
THE Cochin Port Trust's board of trustees has objected to the port management's proposal for an overall increase in port tariffs this year. Members registered a strong protest at the board meeting held on Tuesday, saying the proposed hike in ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Mumbai airport operations remain normal despite strike
OPERATIONS at the international and domestic airports in the city remained normal on the second day of an indefinite strike called by employees of the Airports Authority of India to protest the privatisation of the Mumbai and Delhi ... More

RAILWAYS

Kutch Railway may get nod to build Bhiladi-Samadari broad gauge line
THE Indian Railways is likely to give Kutch Railway Company Ltd (KRCL) a green signal to construct a 223-km broad gauge line between Bhiladi and Samadari. Currently, the two places are connected by a meter-gauge rail track. With a broad-gauge ... More

Monorail project: To cover 300 km in 18 corridors
WITHIN the next fortnight, bids would have been submitted for both the components of one of the most ambitious public transport projects being taken up by a State Government - the monorail project for Chennai. Earlier this month, the Tamil ... More