The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 06, 2002

`Route rationalisation of IA, Air India soon'
IN an effort to improve the operational efficiency of Air India (AI) and Indian Airlines (IA), the Government hopes to complete the route rationalisation exercise for the two airlines shortly. "The route rationalisation exercise for the ... More

Air Sahara's `steal a seat' contest
CHENNAI: If you are lucky you can now buy a seat on an Air Sahara flight for just Re 1. Air Sahara has come out with an auction for seats called `steal a seat' on most sectors flown by the airline. So that leaves Chennai out of the ... More

SHIPPING

Paradip in a fix over container mismatch
THE Paradip Port Trust (PPT) is now finding it hard to hold on to container operations which it had started after a good deal of efforts (persuasion, patient waiting for long and even extending concessional rates to the users), The problem has ... More

NMPT posts 25% growth in traffic
THE New Mangalore Port Trust has registered a 25 per cent growth in cargo handling during the first five months of the current financial year. The port has handled a total of 90 lakh tonnes of cargo during 2002-2003 so far as against 72 lakh ... More

RAILWAYS

Railway bifurcation: Zones of contention
The proposed bifurcation of the Eastern Railway, is threatening to snowball into a Bengal versus Bihar battle. More than the costs involved, the main fear that has not been voiced is the impact creating new zones will have on their functioning. But in these times of severe cost cutting all around, not just in the private sector, what is the compelling need to spend that amount, asks N. Ramakrishnan. More

Ships in Ports

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