The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Thai Air plans to raise capacity
STAR Alliance member Thai Airways International would like to augment capacities on flights on the India-Thailand-India sector. Towards this end, the Government of Thailand has taken up the issue of bilaterals — including the issue of ... More

CIAL eyeing investors for service facility
COCHIN International Airport Ltd (CIAL) at nearby Nedumbassery is looking for investors for setting up a modern aircraft maintenance facility in the airport. CIAL has enough land, asphaltic concrete runway of 3,400-metre length, taxi track of ... More

IA introduces online booking
INDIAN Airlines (IA) today launched its Internet booking facility allowing passengers the convenience of booking their seats on the airline with the click of a button from anywhere in the world. In a statement, the airline has said that ... More

SHIPPING

`India must emulate China ports model'
THE country should try to replicate China in creating more infrastructure including ports for better and faster economic growth. Ports should not be looked at in isolation, but should be treated as part of the economic activity, according to Mr ... More

Hooghly scheme likely to see more delays — Kolkata port to seek NIOT views
THE future of Kolkata port's Rs 350.84-crore river regulatory scheme, designed to improve the navigability of Hooghly near Haldia, has become uncertain once again. The Kolkata port authorities are understood to have decided to refer the scheme ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

CII plans logistics centre in Chennai
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) plans to establish a logistics institute in Chennai. The process of setting up the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Logistics had just begun and would take a couple of years for the centre to come up, Mr ... More

RAILWAYS

Plea to hike funds for DKB rail line
THE Eastern Zone Mining Association feels that the fate of the Daitari-Keonjhar-Banspani (DKB) railway line, for which the Railway Budget for 2002-03 has sanctioned a sum of Rs 40 crore, is uncertain. It has urged the Government to arrange funds ... More

Delhi Metro trial run begins
AFTER Kolkata, Delhi is set to become the second Indian city to boast of a mass rapid system of global standard. The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, today flagged off the first metro train from the Metro Car Depot at Shastri Nagar in ... More

Talks on for $300-m ADB loan for Railways
An appraisal mission of the ADB is currently in India holding talks with the Railway Ministry on the proposed loan which will be utilised for completion of last mile railway projects and other projects for strengthening the Golden Quadrilateral. More

ROADWAYS

Pvt bus owners hit by student concessions
THE Kerala State Private Bus Operators Federation has urged the State Government to take urgent steps in finding a solution in the concession of bus tickets given to students in private buses in the wake of hike in diesel prices, insurance ... More

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