LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
Thomas Cook plans Mumbai, London charter
THOMAS Cook (India) Ltd plans to commence outbound charter services between Mumbai and London from early next year. According to Mr Ashwini Kakkar, CEO and Managing Director, this follows the Government decision to liberalise charter services. ...
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IA market share in passenger traffic slips
THE INDIAN Airlines market share of domestic passenger traffic slipped to 41.8 per cent in 2002-03 from 47 per cent during the corresponding previous period. The drop in share comes despite the airline having posted a rise in the number of ...
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IA second flight from Chennai to Singapore
CHENNAI: Indian Airlines will operate a second flight between Chennai and Singapore from May 1 with an Airbus 320. Flight IC 557 will depart daily from Chennai at 1.30 p.m. and reach Singapore at 8 p.m. (local time). In the return ...
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SHIPPING
Transchart handles record Govt cargo last fiscal
TRANSCHART, the centralised chartering wing attached to the Shipping Ministry, has handled an all-time high quantum of Government cargo during 2003-04. During April 3-March 4 last fiscal, Transchart handled 64.388 million tonnes of Government ...
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SOFTWARE
Panalpina ropes in TCS to streamline operations
GLOBAL freight forwarding and logistic company Panalpina on Thursday said that it had engaged Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop software to streamline the company's operations. The contract was signed recently with TKS Teknosoft, TCS's ...
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EVENTS
Exotic display
Visitors looking at the imported two-wheelers at `Rotex Road Scapes 2004' at Palace Grounds in Bangalore on Friday, organised by the Rotary Club of Bangalore, Indiranagar. Companies such as TVS Victor, Hero Honda and Bajaj participated in the ...
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RAILWAYS
Rlys ban on `via-booking' hits parcel service users
THOUSANDS of users of the Indian Railways' parcel service are now unable to book shipments to many places after the transporter stopped accepting parcels between destinations not connected directly by trains. The transportation and marketing ...
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Railway Week celebrations
ROADWAYS
TI plans cycle rally on April 18
WHEN the aspirational motorbike has become more affordable, and there's little time to pedal around the city, why opt for a cycle? Because it's healthy and inexpensive, says Mr G. Hari, President of TI Cycles, who wants to highlight these ...
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JCBL launches Chinese buses on Indian roads
CHINESE luxury buses have hit Indian roads. The Chandigarh-based JCBL Ltd today launched "JCBL Integral Coach KL 6113" buses at Rs 48 lakh. The entire kit, except tyres, of the bus is imported from King Long, China, and assembled at JCBL's ...
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