The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 09, 2006

Air Sahara to operate another flight on Delhi-Hyderabad
AIR Sahara is to operate a third daily flight between Delhi and Hyderabad from February 1 this year. In a statement the airline has said that the flight will leave Delhi at 6.40 a.m. and arrive in Hyderabad at 8.40 a.m. In the return ... More

Dhruv copters to resume flying soon
HINDUSTAN Aeronautics Ltd has said its advanced light helicopter (ALH), grounded temporarily, would resume flying soon. It expects to shortly complete investigations into the crash-landing of an ALH near Hyderabad a few days ago. Soon after ... More

SHIPPING

A multi-modal gateway for central Kerala
TO USE the immense potential of inland navigation in Kerala, the South India Chamber of Commerce and Industry based in Kottayam district has mooted the idea of setting up a multi-modal ICD and dry port, linking inland ... More

Proposed Shipping Trade Practices Act — Taking the wind out of players' sails
The draft of the proposed Shipping Trade Practices Act says the legislation aims at bringing about transparency in the trade practices of logistics service providers, and setting up a dispute settlement mechanism for matters connected to the trade. B ut quite a few in the industry fear that the "harsh clauses" in the Act could put several players out of business. More

CCTL achieves record throughput
CHENNAI Container Terminal Ltd (CCTL) managed by P&O Ports has achieved a record throughput of 7,00,107 TEUs for the calendar year 2005 compared to 6.18 lakh TEUs in 2004, according to a press release. During 2005, it handled 618 vessels with ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Kingfisher not interested in buying Sahara Airlines, says Mallya
THE Chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, Mr Vijay Mallya, has said he was not interested in buying up Sahara Airlines. Speaking to newspersons at the launch of the Kingfisher Calendar 2006, he said Kingfisher Airlines was expanding rapidly and he ... More

RAILWAYS

RSP capacity expansion — RITES flags inadequate plant rail infrastructure
RITES has made it clear that the extant of rail infrastructure at the Rourkela Steel Plant is inadequate to support even the current level of output and the gap will only widen with the increase in the level of production. More

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