The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 24, 2006

AIRLINES
Lease of Boeing: AI schedule not to be affected
The schedule of Air India will not be affected despite the airline not being able to secure a Boeing 767 aircraft that it had planned to lease from Air Sahara. Official sources told Business Line that AI was already in talks with another ... More

AI to join global airline alliance in Dec
A formal announcement to this effect will be made before Dec 31 More

`Govt to define civil aviation, set FDI limits in connected sectors'
Growth in domestic air travel has been 50 pc More

SHIPPING
Severe congestion at Tuticorin port
There is a severe congestion at Tuticorin port. Twenty vessels were waiting outside the port this morning, and ten more expected to arrive in the next three days. Waiting vessels are carrying cargo such as logs, rock phosphate, wheat, granite ... More

Garware Offshore to acquire 14 vessels by 2010
Garware Offshore Services Ltd has drawn up an acquisition plan involving procurement of about 14 offshore supply vessels by 2010 in the wake of the boom in offshore oil exploration and production activities in the country. It has just completed ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Bristlecone to focus only on supply chain market
Moving out of enterprise segment More

EVENTS
Aero India 2007 to have business flavour
More than 100 aircraft likely to be displayed More

Howrah Bridge: Glowing with new radiance
The evening skyline in Kolkata came alive on Thursday evening when the 63-year-old Howrah Bridge, a structure synonymous with the identity of the city, was lit up by an array of multi-coloured electric lights, switched on by the West Bengal ... More

RAILWAYS
Pure water at Rly stations for Rs 3 soon
In less than two months, passengers would be able to access clean, purified drinking water at Railway stations for as low as Rs 3 a litre - provided they carry their own bottles. By this fiscal-end, about 400 reverse osmosis machines that ... More

Metro Rail extension likely to get delayed
Work on the extension of the Metro Rail from Tollygunge to New Garia covering a distance of 8.7 kms is unlikely to be completed within the deadline - i.e December 2007 - for several reasons. The process of land acquisition, very critical ... More

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