The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 28, 2003

9/11 still haunts domestic aviation
WHILE the domestic aviation sector has made significant strides in coping with the growth of international and domestic traffic, the impact of the incidents of September 11, 2001, in the US continue to afflict the domestic aviation industry, the ... More

AIRLINES

GoM gives wings to foreign airlines in domestic sector
While the GoM may have approved foreign airlines picking up a stake in domestic airlines, finer details such as whether a foreign airline will be allowed to take up management of a domestic airline are still to be clarified. More

Domestic airlines unlikely to levy fuel surcharge just yet
WHILE several international airlines, including the Dubai-based Emirates, plan to levy an additional fuel surcharge to offset the northward movement in the prices of crude oil, the airlines of India have no such plans for the moment. Officials ... More

SHIPPING

Focus on market-oriented mechanism for road sector
THE Economic Survey for 2002-03 has called for an enabling framework, which will fuel competition between multiple operators in a given port and to foster competition between different ports. "This is the key question that requires focus'', the ... More

'Kochi port union not against Vallarpadam'
THE Cochin Port Staff Association, one of the leading trade unions in the port, has refuted the allegation that they are campaigning against the ambitious Vallarpadam Project and claimed that the project was conceived by the port workers some 20 ... More

NMPT gets new facilities
AS part of its attempt to augment its infrastructure, the New Mangalore port now has a new oil terminal sub-station, a fixed fire-fighting system and new flotilla — `Tunga' and `Bhadra'. Speaking after commissioning the new facilities at ... More

RAILWAY BUDGET

Little cheer for Kovai rail users
THE expectations of having a high profile minister from the State in the Railway Ministry would help bring some relief to the harried commuters of Coimbatore appears to have been belied with the region being cold shouldered in the latest Railway ... More

Ships in Ports

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