The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 01, 2008

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HUMAN RESOURCES: AI mulls sabbatical scheme for non-operational staff
New Delhi, Aug. 31 In an attempt to reduce its workforce, Air India may offer its staff involved in non-operational work a sabbatical scheme which will allow them to take a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years off from their job ...

OUTLOOK: Aviation fuel to cost less, but airlines against fare reduction
New Delhi, Aug. 31 Domestic air travel will not become cheaper despite oil companies reducing the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by as much as 16 per cent mainly on account of fall in international ATF prices. The only other time this ...

AIRLINES: ‘Keep old airports at Bangalore, Hyderabad functional’
A Parliamentary panel has again asked the Government to take necessary steps to ensure that the existing airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad are kept functional. The old airports in these two cities were shut down after the greenfield ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: ‘Vizag port trust, dock labour board merger likely soon’
Draft memo of settlement approved and sent to Ministry for clearance. The proposed merger of the Visakhapatnam Dock Labour Board and the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), pending for more than 15 years, is likely to be achieved soon, according ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: ‘Allied depts could help Cochin Port more’
Working together as one team is the solution, feel port users. How far have the allied departments co-operated with Cochin Port Trust to help it achieve better growth compared to neighbouring ports? ...

RAILWAYS: Dedicated Freight Corridor: Carrying benefits to the hinterland
Mumbai enjoys the distinction of perhaps the only city in the world which has grown along a Railway system — in this case, not one but two of them! The GIP (Great Indian Peninsula) Railway and the BB&CI (Bombay Baroda and Central ...

AIRLINES: BAA may lose its monopoly
If Britain’s Competition Commission has its way, then BAA is destined to lose its ‘monopoly’ on UK airports. The Competition Commission believes that BAA’s ownership of seven UK airports — Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted ...

SHIPPING/PORTS: DP World eyeing Indian projects
DP World, the Dubai-based global ports group, is eyeing Indian projects after doubling first-half earnings, according to a report in the Lloyd’s List. The DP World Chief Executive, Mr Mohammed Sharaf, has been quoted as saying that the ...

RAILWAYS: Loading billets in boxes banned
The Indian Railways has banned loading of billets in boxes following derailments in Bilaspur division under the South East Central Railway. The derailed containers, it is felt, were not loaded properly, presumably because the consignments were ...

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