The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 21, 2002

MPs prefer buying to leasing aircraft
EXPRESSING concern over the average age of the fleet of Air India and Indian Airlines, Members of Parliament suggested that the airlines should go for purchase of aircraft instead of leasing them. This was the opinion of MPs who participated ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Expedite work on Vallarpadam terminal project'
THE Cochin Steamer Agents Association has welcomed the latest announcement of the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr A.K. Antony, in New Delhi that the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, would be laying the foundation stone for the container transhipment ... More

TRENDS

Morning Flight
Pigeons take off in Hyderabad. Used as messengers even till the last century, these birds were favourites of the Nawabs. In 1849, Paul Julius Reuter, the founder of Reuters news agency, used pigeons to communicate stock market prices from Aachen, ... More

Ships in Ports

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