LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
New Bangalore airport is game for an A380 landing
`There is a good potential for direct flights to the US'
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Indian to start new Chennai-Tiruchi service
Indian will be introducing a new flight between Chennai and Tiruchi with effect from Friday (May 25). An Airbus A320 flight IC 521 will operate between Chennai and Tiruchi on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays leaving Chennai at 9.25 a.m. and ...
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INSIGHT
High Speed Rails — Moving passengers fast, and in style
With a growing number of upwardly mobile youth demanding quality services, and low-cost airlines drawing people away from other transport modes, it is time the Railways improved its passenger offering, moving them quickly, free of hassles and in the right ambience. Indeed, the Railways is taking this challenge seriously and is planning high-speed passenger corridors. G. SRINIVASAN on the initiative.
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SHIPPING
Piracy at sea declines in Q1
Piracy at sea in the first quarter of 2007 declined on year-on-year basis worldwide, according to International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau. The decline was particularly notable in South-East Asia. During the period there ...
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New container unit in Vietnam
Vietnam is to set up the country's first shipping container manufacturing unit and, accordingly, Vietcombank has agreed to provide more that $16.5 million to a joint venture company towards financing the unit. The total project cost is ...
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TCI-Seaways buys freighter for serving eastern ports
TCI-Seaways, the shipping arm of Transport Corporation of India Ltd, has acquired a second-hand ship to carry cargo from the eastern ports to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The nine-year-old ship, TCI Surya, made its maiden visit to the ...
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Kerala Shipping may roll out another luxury cruise boat
Encouraged by the success in water-linked tourism activities, the State-owned Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) is all set to introduce another luxury cruise boat for service in the backwaters. The corporation will soon ...
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INTERVIEW
`JetLite will be a value airline'
Our airline will have low prices but will offer value to the passenger. — MR GARY KINGSHOTT, ACTING CEO, JETLITE
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ROADWAYS
India urged to join Intl Road Union
A senior official of the Geneva-based International Road Union (IRU) was recently in Delhi to explain to the officials in the Commerce Ministry, Department of Revenue and the Planning Commission and others the need for India's joining the union. ...
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Multi-axle vehicles grow by 68%
A study by the Indian Foundation of Road Transport Research & Training suggests that in 2006, the number of multi-axle vehicles (25.2 tonnes capacity) and multi-axle trailers (30-49 tonnes capacity) stood at 1,34,061, up by 54,380 over 79,681 in
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Concern over truck congestion on Bengal-Bangla border
`Safety, eco issues also closely linked'
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