The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 26, 2008

LOGISTICS

RAILWAYS: Rajavilas on rails
On board the Golden Chariot, a luxury train chugging through some of the most historical and scenic places in Karnataka.. The eye-catching royal purple coaches draw attention at the Yeswantpur Railway Station in Bangalore. It is a train built ...

AIRLINES: Claustrophobia in the air
Claustrophobia is usually described as a fear of enclosed places. A more accurate description might be “a fear of not having an easy escape route”. 2008 has seen 111 air safety incidents worldwide, almost half of which resulted in ...

RAILWAYS: Rlys unlikely to revise freight on iron ore movement
Throughput for domestic movement needs improvement. Kolkata, Sept. 25 The Railways has no immediate plans to revise the freight for iron ore transportation, either for exports or for domestic ...

AIRLINES: Boeing’s India arm may bid for $20-b defence deals
Hyderabad, Sept. 25 The Indian subsidiary of Boeing Co, Boeing International Corporation India Private Ltd (BICIPL), is looking to bid for the $20-billion worth defence aircraft orders expected in India over the next ...

RAILWAYS: Rail freight charges to go up by 5-7%
New Delhi, Sept. 25 Transporting goods on trains will be costlier by 5-7 per cent with effect from October 1. This will be due to the imposition of busy season surcharge, in line with Indian Railways earlier strategy of increasing the ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Trailer strike called off at Kochi Port
Kochi, Sept. 25 The 3-day-old strike resorted to by container trailer crew at Kochi Port has been withdrawn on Thursday afternoon after suspending the CISF officer concerned who was involved in the fracas with the ...

AIRLINES: User fee for Bangalore airport to be lower than Hyderabad’s
New Delhi, Sept. 25 Flying within India from Bangalore will soon be cheaper than from Hyderabad. Domestic passengers flying out from the new greenfield Bangalore could be charged a User Development Fee (UDF) of between Rs 230-260 as against ...