The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 01, 2005

Govt nod for over 5 lakh additional seats on foreign airlines during open sky policy
IN an effort to ensure greater air connectivity to and from India, the Union Government has approved additional capacity of more than 5,54,000 seats for international airlines during the limited open sky policy. The additional capacity for ... More

IA launches direct flight on Guwahati, Bangkok route
INDIAN Airlines is to start twice-a-week direct flight on the Guwahati-Bangkok sector from January 1. In a statement, the airline has said that the flight will operate from Guwahati on Thursdays and Saturdays and from Bangkok on Mondays and ... More

Air India to re-enter freight market
AIR India plans a major re-entry in the freight market after a gap of almost a decade. The airline, currently a marginal player with about 10 per cent market share, has decided to dry lease four freighters to launch a dedicated cargo service, ... More

L&T executive wins Opel car in IA lucky draw
NEW DELHI: For the Bangalore-based Larsen and Toubro executive, Mr C.R. Sathyanarayana, travelling by Indian Airlines (IA) between Bangalore and Mumbai on November 23 this year proved to be a real lucky flight. Not only did IA reach him ... More

INSIGHT

`Consistency' in the skies
THE Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, should be congratulated for retaining the very scarce quality of consistency in Government policy, especially when it comes to protecting the interests of certain ... More

SHIPPING

Vizag Port Trust donates Rs 3 cr to relief fund
THE Visakhapatnam Port Trust has donated Rs 3 crore to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to help tsunami victims. Mr K. Ratna Kishore, Chairman, has sent a cheque for Rs 3 crore to the Indian Ports' Association for onward submission to ... More

Draft offshore maritime policy — Oil cos likely to face tighter norms for chartering foreign OSVs
THE new offshore maritime policy that the Ministry of Shipping is in the process of drafting may have the Indian ship owners and the domestic oil companies lock horns again. For, the ship owners, through the new policy, will be seeking to ... More

Keels laid for Saudi co's fire-fighting tugs
KEELS for three fire-fighting tugs for A.A. Turki Corporation (ATCO), Saudi Arabia have been laid at the Cochin Shipyard. Of the nine tugs contracted, two vessels have been delivered on November 10 and four are currently under construction. The ... More

Tsunami effect: Chennai Port Trust plans artificial beach
AS a consequence of last Sunday's tsunami, the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) plans to create an artificial beach to protect the Chennai port from seaside from such natural disasters. The plan is to have the beach from left of Cooum River (next to ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Four Soft bags Dart order
HYDERABAD: Four Soft Ltd, the Hyderabad-based logistics and supply chain solutions provider, has informed BSE that the company has secured a contract worth Euros 33,800 from Dart Express Group in Europe. Dart Express is a global freight ... More

RAILWAYS

Lalu remote-launches 2 S-E Rly projects
SOUTH Eastern Railway (SER), primarily a freight railway, got the concluding phase of two of its completed new line projects (total cost of around Rs 364 crore) remote-inaugurated (through a satellite phone) on Thursday by the Union Railway ... More

ROADWAYS

KCCI protests service tax on road transport of goods
THE Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has opposed the decision of the Centre to levy service tax on road transport of goods. In a letter to the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, copies of which were released to the press ... More

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