The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 26, 2006

Kingfisher Air new services
Kingfisher Airlines has launched direct daily services from Bangalore to Mangalore and Mangalore to Chennai, using its new ATR-72-500. A company release said that Kingfisher became the only airline to start direct flights between ... More

As Boeing awaits fighters deal, Indian cos eye $3-b offsets biz
TCS, Wipro, Infosys show interest, besides HAL, Tatas, L&T More

Jet to offer `kiosk check-in' from June 1
Jet Airways announced on Thursday that its `kiosk check-in' facility would be available from June 1. Initially five kiosks would be installed at the Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore airports. At the end of the first phase, the airline hopes to ... More

Passengers' body decries hike in flying hours
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) should not increase the annual flying hour limit for Indian pilots, as this would prove dangerous, according to Mr D. Sudhakara Reddy, Founder and President, Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) ... More

Award for Jagson Airlines president
Mr Uttam Kumar Bose, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jagson Airlines, has been awarded the Bharatiya Shiromani Puraskar for his contribution to growth in the private aviation sector. Also, Jagson Airlines has received a Gold Medal from the ... More

SHIPPING
NMPT organises trade meet to boost throughput
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), in association with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), organised a trade meet at Bangalore on May 24 to start container service between these ports. An NMPT release said here on Thursday that JNPT has agreed ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
ABG Shipyard Q4 net rises
ABG Shipyard Ltd has reported a 153.65 per cent rise in net profit for the fourth quarter of 2005-06, to Rs 30.92 crore from Rs 12.19 crore posted during the corresponding period previous year. Net sales gained 56.55 per cent to ... More

TCI Q4 net at Rs 3.98 cr
Transport Corporation of India (TCI) has reported a net profit of Rs 3.98 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006 compared with Rs 1.96 crore in the same period last fiscal. Net sales for January-March touched Rs 245.5 crore. For the ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
DHL opens Tirupur centre
DHL Express, a logistics service provider, today opened its service centre in the hosiery town Tirupur. The company expects the Tirupur office to handle a daily traffic volume of around one tonne. In a release, the company said ... More

RAILWAYS
Trains to have wheelchair coaches by this fiscal-end
Garib Rath to be first to have AC coach for disabled More

S-W Rly takes up work on Hubli-Ankola line
Move may boost Karwar port's traffic More

ROADWAYS
Sical to double fleet strength
Sical Logistics plans to nearly double its fleet strength to expand its road transportation operations for bulk and containerised cargo during the current year. According to a press release from the company, Sical will add 300 vehicles in ... More

TRENDS
US security rules will drive up shippers' costs
Security requirements include 24-hour surveillance, high walls, sniffer dogs More

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