The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 24, 2005

Hexaware picked for Thai airport IT project
HEXAWARE Technologies, an IT service provider, has been selected by ATHI consortium led by Thai Airports Ground Services (TAGS) to install an IT, X-ray and scanning system with RFID (radio frequency identification) technology for the New Bangkok ... More

Air Deccan appoints Ryanair official as COO
AIR Deccan has chosen a senior official from the European low cost airline Ryanair to be its Chief Operating Officer (COO). "The head of Ryanair operations at Stansted Airport in London, Mr Warick Braty, is to be the new COO. He will take up ... More

GoAir to take flight with leased A320s
GOAIR, the low-cost carrier promoted by the Wadias of Bombay Dyeing, will commence operations by the year-end, with four Airbus A320 aircraft leased from GATX Air. The leased aircraft will be delivered later this year, according to Mr Nigel ... More

SriLankan Airlines new package offers reduced fares
SRILANKAN Airlines has announced a new package, SriLankan Holidays, offering reduced fares to leading destinations in the island nation. Mr Lal Talgaswatte, Manager (Western and Central India), SriLankan Airlines, said the new package would ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`Airport project to take off soon'
ICICI Bank, which is leading the lender consortium, will formally declare the financial closure of the Rs 1,334-crore airport project by this month-end. More

SHIPPING

Low export volumes drive down container freight rates
POOR export volumes have led to a crash in container freight rates to sectors such as Singapore, Malaysia and Australia from Chennai. The freight for a twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) to Singapore and Port Klang, Malaysia has dropped to $80, ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Mumbai port transport workers on strike
MUMBAI: Transport operations at Mumbai port were paralysed on Thursday when over 1,500 port transport workers went on an indefinite strike in protest against a move by the port to invite tenders for handling freight containers from ... More

RAILWAYS

What's in a train name?
Ever wondered how trains get their names? A peek into railway timetables provides some interesting insights. More

Rly staff to continue to get free passes
THE Government on Thursday rejected a proposal to discontinue the issuance of free travel passes to Railway employees, saying it was a "universally recognised privilege." "The Cabinet did not agree to the Expenditure Reforms Commission's ... More

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