LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
BA offers Delhi-London fare at Rs 26,000
British Airways on Thursday re-launched its low price offer for passengers flying to the UK, Europe and the US. In a statement, the airline has said ticket prices for those travelling to the UK and Europe start at Rs 26,000 (excluding taxes), ...
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Deccan offer for SBI cardholders
Deccan in association with State Bank of India has announced special fixed fare offer called “SBI card – Flat Fare” for all SBI credit cardholders. A fixed fare of Rs 499 (basic fare) will be offered to passengers, but taxes and ...
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Deccan’s daily Kolkata-Jaipur service
Deccan has announced the launch of daily flights connecting Kolkata to Jaipur. Operations will commence on January 15 and an Airbus 320 has been deployed to serve this route. According to Mr Ramki Sundaram, Officiating CEO, Deccan, the new flight ...
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Singapore Airlines offers discounted return fares from Chennai
Singapore Airlines has announced discounted return airfares to popular cities in the Asia Pacific region along with free hotel accommodation in Singapore. According to a press release, those boarding day flights from Chennai to ...
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Jagson plans copter service for Mansarovar travellers
The arduous trek to the Kailash Mansarovar yatra could become a more comfortable and faster journey with Jagson Airlines planning to start regular helicopter services between Pittoragarh and a helipad near the Chinese border.“We ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Mumbai integrated terminal: Work to begin
The first step towards an integrated terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will commence soon. The ongoing refurbishment in terminals 2B and 2C of the existing international airport at Sahar would be complete by ...
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SHIPPING
Bharati Shipyard to build new yard at Dabhol port
Capacity to build 1-lakh DWT vessel
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L&T’s integrated shipyard, port plan gets TN nod
Facility to come up at Ennore with an investment of Rs 2,000 cr
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Keel laid for 53,000 dwt bulk carrier at HSL
Visakhapatnam, Jan. 10 Keel has been laid for the first of 53,000 dwt (Diamond series) bulk carriers in Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd (HSL), according to a press release. It is the biggest bulk carrier being built in the shipyard.Mr R. ...
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Iranian vessel detained in Kochi
Kochi, Jan. 10 The Mercantile Marine Department (MMD), Kochi, has detained a vessel, which arrived in the port with sulphur, as it was found to be un-seaworthy for voyage. The MMD officials had carried out inspection on the vessel Ocean ...
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Paradip port hopes to see 9-10 mt traffic jump
Paradip Port Trust (PPT) hopes to achieve a big jump in traffic throughput, by an estimated nine to 10 million tonnes (mt) in one go, in 2008-09. “The port’s traffic throughput in 2008-09 should exceed 50 mt,” Mr K. ...
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EDUCATION
Aviation management institute to become society
New Delhi, Jan. 10 The board of Airports Authority of India (AAI) has given in-principle approval for converting the Delhi-based National Institute of Aviation Management and Research (NIAMAR) into a society.Official sources told More
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Cargotec to strengthen presence in India
Pune, Jan. 10 Cargotec, provider of cargo handling solutions, today announced the launch of its Cargotec Engineering India to meet the global product development requirements for Cargotec Corporation. Talking to newspersons, Mr Seppo ...
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Gati to open centralised call centre today
Gati, the Secunderabad-based logistics services provider, is to launch on Friday its centralised call centre at Nagpur to support 400 agents in 50 locations across the country, according to company sources.The company, as the sources ...
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RAILWAYS
Nod for track doubling in Gujarat
In order to handle coal transportation for thermal power plants in Gujarat, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for doubling of Udhna-Jalgaon rail section (306.93 km) with electrification. The project will be taken ...
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Canara Bank opens e-ticketing at Madurai, Kanyakumari stations
Madurai, Jan. 10 Canara Bank has launched e-ticketing service at Madurai and Kanyakumari railway stations in Madurai Division. The initiative called ‘Insta Ticket’ is part of a memorandum of understanding signed between ...
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Rlys loadings up 8% in Apr-Dec ’07
New Delhi, Jan. 10 Robust growth in iron ore, coal and cement loadings during the past few months has helped the Indian Railways register an eight per cent growth for April-December 2007 period on a year-on-year basis. Indian Railways ...
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Rail Wheel Factory takes the expansion track
Expects to nearly double wheel, axle capacity this fiscal
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Metro Rly to begin services on Tollygunge-Naktala by Sept
Passenger facilitation measures also being put in place
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