The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 11, 2002

AI to reschedule West-bound flights
AIR India has decided to temporarily reschedule its West-bound flights operating to/from Europe/UK/US via Delhi to minimise inconvenience being caused to passengers. These flights will now originate and terminate at Mumbai, omitting Delhi, an ... More

Transparency urged in aircraft purchases
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed both Air India and Indian Airlines to ensure that there is complete transparency in the purchase of aircraft being planned by the two state-owned carriers. "The two state-run airlines have been ... More

Virgin Air plans flight consolidation in India
VIRGIN Atlantic Airways, which considers India as a market with huge potential, plans to consolidate the two flights that it is currently operating rather than seek an additional flight on the London-Delhi-London sector. "Virgin Atlantic is ... More

SHIPPING

CDLB workers seek regulators help on stevedoring charges
A TEAM of workers' representatives of the Calcutta Dock Labour Board (CDLB) has sought the intervention of the Tariff Authority of Major Ports (TAMP) in the formulation of stevedoring charges to make them more acceptable to the users of the ... More

Coastal Shipping Act being modified
THE Coastal Shipping Act in India is being "extensively modified and amended''as part of the Government's plans to liberalise this sector for more private participation, according to the Union Minister of State for Shipping, Mr Shripad Y. ... More

Bengal port works not hit
THE 24-hour Bangla Bandh (general strike in West Bengal) called on Thursday by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) and supported by the Trinamul Congress (of Mamata Banerjee) and a section of the naxalites against the West Bengal ... More

Kochi unions plan strike
EIGHT trade unions in the Kochi Port have served a notice to the port management for a one-day token strike on January 22 in pursuance of the unanimous decision of the five recognised federation of port and dock workers for a joint strike in ... More

Ships in Ports

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