The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 08, 2008

AIRLINES
Iran permits daily flights to Kochi
The designated airlines from Iran have been permitted to operate 23 weekly flights to India, including a daily service each to Kochi, Delhi and Amritsar. The conclusion of air services bilateral talks between official delegations of the ... More

No airline can refuse passenger on stretcher: new DGCA guidelines
New Delhi, May 7 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued fresh guidelines for airlines and airports which lay down that no airline can refuse to carry a person travelling in a stretcher or baby in an incubator, when ... More

Singapore Airlines hikes fuel surcharge from May 12
New Delhi, May 7 Singapore Airlines and its 100 per cent subsidiary, Silk Air are to increase the fuel surcharge from May 12 this year. In a statement, the airline has said that a passenger will be charged an additional $15 for one-way travel ... More

Jet starts Mumbai-Bangkok flights
Jet Airways, the Indian private sector carrier, commenced a daily service between Mumbai and Bangkok from Wednesday, said a statement. This is Jet’s third service to Bangkok from India. The airline already operates daily services to Bangkok ... More

SHIPPING
Kochi port moves Centre for capital dredging grant
‘It will enable competitive rates at transhipment terminal’ More

Hindustan Shipyard delivers bulk carrier to Goodearth Maritime
Visakhapatnam, May 7 Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd delivered the third vessel of the four trader series, the 30,000-DWT bulk carrier m.v. Good Pacific, to Goodearth Maritime Ltd (Chennai) here on Wednesday.It was vessel ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Go-slow affects fertiliser, cashew handling at New Mangalore port
Handling of fertiliser and cashew cargo has been affected badly due to the go-slow attitude of cargo-handling workers at the New Mangalore port. A press release by the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) said here on Wednesday that the ... More

RAILWAYS
Pvt box train operators keen to step up operations in eastern region
The private container train operators are keen to step up their operations in eastern region. An indication in this regard was given by them to Mr K.K. Srivastava, Chief Operations Manager of Eastern Railway (ER), at a meeting here on ... More

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