LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
AI launches twice-weekly flight on Ahmedabad-Dubai sector
AIR India, which did business to the tune of Rs 1,225 crore in the Gulf and West Asian regions in the fiscal ended March 2004, has launched a twice-weekly flight on the Ahmedabad-Dubai sector this week in a bid to meet the demand on the route. ...
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DGCA to probe delay in IA flight
THE Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, on Thursday ordered a "high-level inquiry" by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into the cause for the delay of a scheduled Delhi-Lucknow flight of Indian Airlines (IA). The ...
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Air Sahara keen on making Kochi a hub for South
AIR Sahara is seriously considering to make Kochi as a hub in the South on account of the increase in the passenger movement from the southern region, Mr Uttam Kumar Bose, Chief Executive Officer, Air Sahara has said. Kochi is the fourth ...
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Praful Patel meets Chidambaram on `affordable' air fares
THE Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, met the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday to discuss ways of making domestic air travel more affordable. Emerging from the meeting, Mr Patel said that issues connected with aviation ...
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EIL plans to bid for Delhi, Mumbai airports
ENGINEERS India Ltd (EIL) is planning to enter the Bharti Enterprises-Changi Airport consortium for bidding to develop Delhi and Mumbai airports. "While Bharti and Changi will be equity investors in the project, two other partners will be ...
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SHIPPING
Tuticorin Port announces cut in marine charge for mainline vessels
THE Tuticorin Port Trust has come out with a concessional marine charge for mainline container vessels calling at the port. The concessional vessel-related charge effective July 1 will bring down basic marine charges by 65 per cent for the ...
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RAILWAYS
ER records higher freight earnings in April-May
IN the first two months of the current fiscal, Eastern Railway transported 6.918 million tonnes of freight, mostly coal (4.977 mt), surpassing the target of 5.970 mt fixed for the period by the Railway Board and recording a significant ...
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ROADWAYS
Centre's help sought to better Coimbatore roads
THE Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Coimbatore, has sought the intervention of the Centre to improve the city's road infrastructure. It also sought improvement to roads linking the hosiery town of Tirupur with the port cities of ...
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