The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 24, 2005

Coimbatore airport to resume night operations from today
"We are in a position now to accept flights even after sunset and the watch-hours at the airport is being extended for night landing." More

Jetstar Asia to begin Bangalore-Singapore flights
AIRFARES between India and Singapore particularly from Bangalore and Kolkata could head further southwards soon. The Singapore-based low cost airline, Jetstar Asia, today announced the start of a five-times-a-week flight between Bangalore and ... More

GTECH plea for direct flights to Chennai, Bangalore
THE Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH) has sought the State Government's support in fulfilling the need for direct air links from Thiruvananthapuram to Bangalore and Chennai. In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister, Mr Oommen ... More

Feedback Ventures to advise AAI
THE Airports Authority of India (AAI) has given Feedback Ventures, an infrastructure advisory company, the mandate to suggest ways to maximise its non-aeronautical revenue. In a statement, Feedback has said that the AAI wants suggestions on ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Italian cos to be `active' in airport modernisation
ITALIAN companies will be "active" during the second phase of airport modernisation process in India, the Italian Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Mr Pietro Lunardi, said in a conference. "We have identified areas of cooperation in ... More

SHIPPING

`Hard for ports to generate resources with meagre surplus'
WITH major ports generating lower net profits, there is a serious problem with regard to the ports' ability to fund development works themselves, said the Tuticorin Port Trust Chairman, Mr N.K. Raghupathy. During 2003-04, the major ports ... More

Airports, ports to get risk management module
"The entire effort is to simplify the movement of goods and to see that the customs department does not become a blockade for flow of goods." More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

`AAI employees strike will be total'
THE September 29 one-day strike called by AAI Employees Joint Forum against the privatisation move of the Delhi and Mumbai airports would be total as all the four unions in the AAI are supporting the strike decision , Mr E.R. Ramesh, AAI ... More

RAILWAYS

Eastern Railway freight, passenger revenues up
IN the first five months of the current fiscal (April to August), Eastern Railway (ER) handled 18.846 million tonnes (mt) of revenue-earning freight traffic, representing an improvement of 1.974 mt over 16.872 mt handled in the same period of the ... More

Cancer kids ride metro
A Group of children from Cankids, a society that helps children suffering from cancer, visited the Delhi Metro on Friday and travelled on metro train from Vishwavidyalaya to Inderlok Metro Station. The group comprised 60 children apart from Ms ... More

ROADWAYS

Truck rentals move up 4-5 pc on trunk routes
DURING the last fortnight, truck rentals on trunk routes have moved up by 4-5 per cent following the September 6 diesel price hike of Rs 2 per litre. In absolute terms, the fare hike is in the range of cost increase due to the diesel hike per ... More

Indian Roads Congress to develop standards for 4-lane highways
EXPERTS at the Indian Roads Congress have said they would work towards developing uniform standards for four-lane roads and express highways in the country. The Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr T.R. Baalu, stressed ... More