The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 23, 2006

AIR CARGO
UPS offers time-definite service to US and Europe
Express carrier and packaging delivery company UPS has enhanced its time-definite delivery service to the exporters based in Coimbatore and Tirupur regions. The company has now introduced 48 hours direct delivery service of shipment to Europe ... More

Chennai airport to have courier terminal soon
Chennai airport will soon have an exclusive courier terminal, which will cater to needs of the courier industry. Talking to newspersons at the Bhoomi puja of the new terminal, Mr Dinesh Kumar, Chennai Airport Director, said the ... More

AIRLINES
Jet Air fails to hold on to gains
It skids about 42 per cent since Air Sahara deal announced in January More

Cabinet nod for amendment of Aircraft Act
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a number of amendments to the Aircraft Act, 1934 that would give Government the power to exercise supervisory control on the standards of airport Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) and Air ... More

BIAL picks LSG, Taj SATS for flight catering
LSG Sky Chefs (I) Pvt Ltd and Taj SATS Catering Ltd have been chosen to be the flight caterers for the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the airport company said on Thursday. The two were picked from among nine bidding consortia, ... More

REPORTER'S DIARY
`Take-offs' aborted at last minute
There are many question marks on why the Jet-Sahara deal fell through but what the scribes are unable to fathom is why the two parties went hyper just about 48 hours before time ran out on the takeover deadline. It was the second time that this ... More

SHIPPING
Mundra Port to have 4 more berths
To add 2 container terminals next year More

Kerala water transport operators call for canals to link waterways
The inland water transport operators in the State have reiterated their demand to deepen the National Waterways No-3 to two metres and to provide night navigation facilities for the smooth movement of cargo through the waterways. Mr John ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Air Sahara seeks aircraft back from Jet
Jet's Amritsar-London operations could be affected More

RAILWAYS
SCR announces changes in train numbers, timings
The South Central Railway (SCR) has announced major changes in train numbers and timings with effect from July 1. It also announced upgradation of ten pairs of express trains to superfast express category. Accordingly, numbers of these trains ... More

ROADWAYS
Cabinet okays transfer of defence land for highway
The Union Cabinet today approved the transfer of 3.83 acres of defence land near Central Ammunition Depot (CAD), Pulgaon in Maharashtra to the State Road Development Corporation. The land will be for improvement of Nagpur- Wadha- ... More

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