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Special offers to first, business class Emirates passengers
EMIRATES has announced a range of initiatives that are expected to feed its daily non-stop A340-500 service from Dubai to New York. The inaugural flight will be on Tuesday. Mr Abdulla Nasser Abdulla, Emirates' Vice-President for India & Nepal ..
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India, Canada air services talks from tomorrow
IN A move that could see an increase in flights between India and Canada, officials from the two countries are scheduled to hold air services talks here later this week. Official sources told Business Line that the two-day talks would ...
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IAF flies high on rescue mission
THE Indian Air Force (IAF) has set a world record by landing at 23,249 feet to rescue three critically injured mountaineers on the Kamet Glacier in Garhwal Himalayas. The dramatic rescue operation was carried out by Wing Commander S.K. Sharma ...
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European airlines announce cut in agency commission
THE travel trade has been taken by surprise with four European airlines — British Airways, KLM, Air France and Lufthansa — announcing a cut in standard agency commission from 7 per cent to 5 per cent. Between Friday and Monday, ...
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Market trends behind Air India's budget airline move
THE decision of the Air India (AI) board to start a low-cost airline is now seen as an attempt to keep up with the market trends and to take on the impending challenge from other international airlines keen on starting low cost airline operations ...
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BOW to equip 2 lakh trucks with vehicle-tracking solution
BHARAT On Wheels (BOW) Network Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, is planning to cover nearly two lakh trucks in the transport industry with its vehicle-tracking solution in the next six months. The company uses IVRS (interactive voice response system) to ...
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SHIPPING
Adani group to develop Belekeri jetty for iron ore exports
THE Rs 10,600-crore Adani group has dropped anchor at the little known jetty of Belekeri in north Karnataka, giving a miss to the obvious destination of Mormugoa. The Ahmedabad-based group has chosen Belekeri as its answer to Mormugoa in a bid ...
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Hindusthan Shipyard bags 2 mega orders
HINDUSTHAN Shipyard Ltd here, struggling for survival, has got a breather by bagging a major order for construction of two bulk carriers (30,000 DWT), each worth Rs 90 crore, and there is a prospect of the shipyard getting two more such orders ...
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`CCTL stir may hit future investments'
BREAKING the silence for the first time after the on-going strike at Chennai Container Terminal (CCT) started more than a week ago, the Government on Monday said that the labour unrest at the privatised terminal was not a " good sign" either for ...
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