The Hindu Business Line : Friday, November 01, 2002

Global air traffic to surpass 2000 levels next year: ICAO
With restored air travellers' confidence and with a stable operating environment, scheduled global air traffic can be expected to grow at five per cent per annum, in terms of passenger-kilometres performed (PKP) back in line with pre-2001 projections . More

Bomb hoax on Air India flight to Hong Kong
THE global aviation industry was jolted yet again today. And like the high drama surrounding the British Airways (BA) aircraft which made an unscheduled stop in Delhi on Tuesday when the flight crew noticed a suspicious packet, today's incident ... More

Domestic, global airlines services swap likely
The Ministry has suggested tackling the problem of capacity constraints on the international sector by "auctioning" these routes to private Indian operators. It has also spoken of the need to allow foreign airlines to operate domestic air services. More

Emirates Airline plans fresh investments of $15 billion
EMIRATES Airline, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is currently chalking out new growth strategies to cash in on the major initiatives of Dubai, the second largest of the seven emirates. While the Dubai government ... More

IA reschedules flights for Diwali
INDIAN Airlines has combined, rescheduled and cancelled its flights from Delhi for four days starting November 3 due to Diwali. In a statement, the airline has said that on November 3, evening flight between Delhi-Chennai (IC801/802) and ... More

SHIPPING

Paradip port quota of TNEB coal restored
PARADIP Port has managed to get back the original monthly allocation of thermal coal for shipment to Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, at 6.35 lakh tonne. The coal linkage committee at its last meeting had slashed the monthly allocation for ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

CII lays stress on supply chain competency
THE growth in the manufacturing sector has been held back by the tyranny of infrastructure, especially in key areas such as logistics, according to Mr Ashok Soota, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Mr Soota was speaking at the ... More

RAILWAYS

Refrigerated rail parcel van planned
KOCHI: Senior officials of the Southern Railway, Chennai have explained the features of the refrigerated parcel van service proposed to be introduced in the Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express. At an interactive meeting ... More

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