The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 06, 2003

IA aircraft acquisition — Delay could escalate project cost: Airbus
THE delay in Indian Airlines acquiring aircraft could lead to an escalation in the project cost but will not result in any change in the catalogue price of the aircraft, senior officials of the European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, has ... More

Airspace violation: India to take up issue with ICAO
INDIA is to make a formal complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) about the manner in which the Karachi Air Traffic Controller allowed a Boeing 757 aircraft of an American company to stray into the Indian airspace, the ... More

Indian Airlines extends promotional schemes
THERE is more good news for the domestic air traveller. Indian Airlines (IA) has extended the `Executive class bonanza' and the `IA-Taj offer' till April 30. The `Executive Vacation scheme' offers free return tickets in business class on ... More

HAL-ATR tie-up in limbo for want of orders
EUROPEAN small aircraft maker ATR (Avions de Transport Regional), said today that its tie-up with HAL for co-producing small aircraft remains inactive because of lack of orders from India, but forecast that the country would require up to 100 ... More

HAL begins Sukhoi-30 production
HINDUSTAN Aeronautics Ltd has begun the production of Sukhoi-30 MKIs and will deliver the first aircraft to the IAF in 2004, the Chairman, Mr N.R. Mohanty, has said. It planned to turnout 17 aircraft a year at its Nashik assembly site and had ... More

SHIPPING

Dispute over bazarmen appointment — A&N islands, mainland services may be affected
THE passenger services by ship between the Andaman & Nicobar islands and the mainland are likely to be hit as dispute over the appointment of bazarmen on board the passenger vessels has erupted between the Andaman & Nicobar Administration and the ... More

TECHNOLOGY

23 ports to use EDI for box cargo soon — Documentation of export consignments
THE introduction of electronic data interchange (EDI) in 23 ports for documentation of export consignments sent through containerised cargo will start by the end of March this year. This was announced by the Union Commerce Secretary, Mr Dipak ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Now it's mailroom management
A CHANGE is under way in the despatch section, as companies are outsourcing their mailroom management. In a number of companies, even today, mail is just collected and delivered: the efficiency and cost benefits are not considered. Today, with ... More

RAILWAYS

BEML `sky bus' for Goa metro
BANGALORE: BEML is entering the metro `sky bus' arena with a new deal to jointly develop the `sky bus' for Goa's proposed metro rail project. According to the MoU signed by BEML Chairman and Managing Director, Mr V.R.S.Natarajan, ... More

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