The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 25, 2002

Jet to fly Kolkata-Bagdogra daily
KOLKATA: Jet Airways has announced the commencement of daily flights on the Kolkata-Bagdogra-Kolkata sector. Till now, the airline was operating four flights a week on this sector. According to a press release issued here, Flight 9W ... More

Operational losses weigh down Air India
DESPITE a general improvement in the net traffic revenues in the first half of the current fiscal, Air India is pinning its hopes on a narrow range movement in oil prices to shore up its operational performance. The airline has budgeted an ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Kolkata airport must unload problems
It is surprising but true that the country's first air cargo complex does not have any terminal for air cargo agents to function. As a result, they are required to shuttle between their city offices and the airport. This is not only time-consuming bu t also operationally cumbersome. A fully modern cargo complex, once developed, can act as the transhipment centre to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. More

SHIPPING

Major ports sail past throughput target
RECOVERING from the sluggish trends in the first four months of the current fiscal, Indian ports staged a smart recovery in terms of throughput, registering 8.51 per cent growth in the first seven months of the year compared to the corresponding ... More

RAILWAYS

SER on licence fee hike
THE South Eastern Railway (SER) has clarified that the increase in rent for some 706 railway-built licensed shops at the Kharagpur (West Bengal) township was as per the built-in agreement clause applicable every five years. Reacting to ... More

ROADWAYS

Solar-powered auto-rickshaw
IT IS a little known trust that is trying to make a difference — at least in Udaipur and neighbouring areas. The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur, recently unveiled a solar-powered auto-rickshaw in Mumbai. The ... More

Kona truck terminal
If everything goes as per schedule, the Kona truck terminal (on the Kona Expressway, near Kolkata) should be ready for operation by the end of this financial year, or so claim the West Bengal Government sources. Spread over about 70 acres of ... More

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