The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 21, 2005

A380 may open new biz opportunities for HAL
A380, the world's largest aircraft just unveiled by Airbus Industrie, could open up new business opportunities for domestic aircraft major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Having recently won its second order for aircraft doors from the European ... More

Kingfisher Air to take off on May 7
Mr Vijay Mallya said his proposed value airlines, Kingfisher Air, would take off on May 7 and the commercial flights will start on May 9. The airline ticket bookings are scheduled to start on April 1. "We will initially start with ... More

AI to lease more aircraft to expand service
THE Maharaja is in an expansion mode. It is not only looking at increasing the number of flights but also acquiring more aircraft. Sources told Business Line that the low-cost airline of Air India, Air India Express, has firmed up plans ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Bangalore airport land lease, loan pacts signed — Work may begin in March
TRUE to its word and almost a month to that date, the Dharam Singh Government today inked the two crucial agreements that now enable the international airport project at Devanahalli to get off the ground shortly. It signed the land lease ... More

SHIPPING

United India Insurance settles its largest ever marine claim
UNITED India Insurance Company settled its largest ever marine insurance (hull) claim recently, a company press release said. The claim for Rs 29.60 crore was in respect of the ship - M.V.Lok Pragati, which belonged to the Shipping Corporation ... More

IOC to bid with Varun-Exmar for Petronet LNG shipping deal
STATE-OWNED Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has entered the liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping sector by aligning with the consortium of Varun Shipping Company Ltd and Belgian natural gas shipping firm Exmar to bid for the LNG shipping deal of ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Chennai container terminal strike called off
THE strike by workers at the privatised container terminal in the Chennai Port has been called off, according to reliable sources. The workers' union gave an undertaking to this effect after a meeting convened by the Chennai Port Trust ... More

RAILWAYS

Railways freight revenue rises 10 pc
INDIAN Railways earned Rs 22,229.07 crore by transporting 438.36 million tonnes (mt) of revenue freight for the nine-month period ended December 2004 of the current fiscal, upping its revenues by 10.2 per cent as compared to Rs 20,172.47 crore by ... More

Special train between Nagercoil and Chennai to clear rush
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Southern Railway will operate a special train between Nagercoil and Chennai Egmore on January 23 to clear the extra rush of passengers. A railway spokesman said here that the 612 Nagercoil-Chennai Egmore special would ... More

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