The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 22, 2008

MODERNISATION
Bangalore’s new airport gears up for Rs 2,500-cr expansion
Bangalore, Feb. 21 Even as the new Bengaluru International Airport is almost set for flight on March 30, its promoters are gearing up for round 2: expansion worth around Rs 2,500 crore over the next three years. The airport project that ... More

AIRLINES
Air India examining options to dry lease long range aircraft
To choose from Boeing, Airbus range; may include Dreamliner More

Jet Airways, Air Canada in code share pact
Mumbai: Jet Airways announced its code share partnership with Air Canada on Wednesday to be effective from February 28. According to a statement, with this partnership, passengers can fly between Mumbai and London ... More

INSIGHT
Rail Budget and the aam aadmi
The unveiling of the Railway Budget in Parliament in the last week of February by the Railway Minister, just ahead of the Union Budget, has become a mega media event, with live TV coverage, supplemented by pre- and post-Budget panel discussions. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
User levy at new airports: Domestic passengers spared
New Delhi, Feb. 21 Domestic passengers flying from the new airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad will be spared the development levy planned. The Government has, however, allowed the GMR group-promoted Hyderabad airport and the ... More

ICTT project will be finished on time: Kochi port chief
The Cochin Port Trust has allayed fears raised by certain quarters on the timely commissioning of the international container transhipment terminal project at Vallarpadam, even as the district administration faces some hurdles in land ... More

RAILWAYS
SE Rly freight loading up 11.5%
Kolkata, Feb. 21 In the first 10 months of the current fiscal (April to January 2007-08), South Eastern Railway posted 11.5 per cent growth in originating freight loading at 90.5 million tonnes, according to a press release. In January alone, ... More

East Coast Rly’s coal loading remains suspended for fifth day
Strike at Talcher mines continues, stocks depleting More

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Looking back
Feb. 10-Feb. 16
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