The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 07, 2005

Travel agents to stop sale of Lufthansa tickets
REPRESENTATIVES of the major travel agent associations on Wednesday reiterated solidarity in their campaign against the national carrier's move to reduce the commission to 5 per cent from 7 per cent. At a meeting here, the five major travel ... More

Air Arabia plans more India flights
AIR Arabia, the low-cost airline of the United Arab Emirates, plans to commence more flights into India to cater to the large number of expatriates in the Gulf region, a top company official has said. "India is a very important destination in ... More

Emirates to build engineering centre
EMIRATES airline is constructing a new Dhs 1.3 billion ($353 million) engineering centre on a 136-acre site in Dubai International Airport to keep pace with its growing fleet, which is expected to more than double from the current 74 aircraft ... More

Continental Airlines plans to begin operations from Nov
CONTINENTAL Airlines Inc is planning to commence operations on November 1, in a bid to tap the growing number of Indian travellers. The airline plans to fly a daily non-stop flight from New York or Newark to New Delhi, using a 283-seater, ... More

SHIPPING

Kandla port records marginal rise in traffic
KANDLA port in Gujarat has recorded a marginal increase in the traffic handled during the recently concluded financial year, with the total cargo throughput reaching 41.54 million tonnes (mt) in 2004-05. Kandla had handled 41.52 mt of cargo in ... More

Chennai port to set up 2nd box terminal — Expressway for containers planned
THE Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) will set up a second container terminal within a year and initiate steps for a 13-km elevated expressway to the western outskirts of Chennai to move out containers, said the Union Minister for Shipping, Mr T.R. ... More

Four Indian ships detained at foreign ports this year
THE Shipping Ministry's efforts to improve the image of Indian ships abroad, by bringing down the number of ships getting detained in foreign ports under the Port State Control (PSC), do not appear to be cutting much ice with ship owners. ... More

`Environment Ministry has cleared Sethusamudram'
THE Union Ministry for Environment and Forests has cleared the Rs 2,200-crore Sethusamudram project with a provision that fishermen affected by the project would be compensated, according to the Union Minister for Shipping, Mr T. R. Baalu. He ... More

Wipro chief sore over lack of progress in sea-port facilities
MR Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro Ltd, has expressed dissatisfaction over lack of progress in development of new sea-port facilities in the country. He also identified water resources and power as the two other areas that need immediate ... More

RAILWAYS

East Coast Railway posts 10 pc growth in traffic
THE East Coast Railway (ECR), complete with three divisions at Khurda Road, Waltair and Sambalpur and the headquarters at Bhubaneshwar, posted a 9.9 per cent growth in traffic in 2004-05 at 70.16 million tonnes (mt) against 64.07 mt in 2003-04. ... More

RITES wins $40-million Angola contract
THE consultancy arm of Indian Railways, RITES Ltd, has won five contracts amounting to $40 million from Transport Ministry of Angola for implementing railway rehabilitation projects for CFM (Caminho de Ferro de Mocamedes) Railways, Angola, said ... More

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