LOGISTICS
AIRLINES
HAL eyes MRO pie at old Bangalore airport
In talks with Airbus and its main providers of maintenance, repair and overhaul services.
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Jet offers special fares to Manipur
Jet Airways, which has been appointed as the official airline partner for Manipur Tourism Festival, is offering special fares for travel to and from Imphal till November 11. In a statement, the airline has said that a special check fare of Rs ...
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Paramount adds 3 new South destinations
Paramount Airways, which has inducted its fifth Embraer aircraft, will be flying to three new destinations in the south - Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupathi, taking the total number of destinations that the airline connects to 48, ...
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Air Arabia flights to Thiruvananthapuram
Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based budget airline, expects to start operations to Ahmedabad by March next year. The airline, which now operates flights to five Indian cities, will start daily flights on the Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram sector on ...
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Sethusamudram Corpn invites bids from consultants
Project report for container transhipment hub at Colachel
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SHIPPING
ONGC may get berth in INSA
ONGC, which operates a sizeable fleet of offshore supply vessels to support its offshore oil exploration activities, is likely to get a berth as member on the Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA), the torchbearer of the domestic shipping ...
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
FedEx acquires Prakash Air Freight for $30 m
FedEx Express has fully acquired its Indian service provider, Prakash Air Freight Pvt Ltd, for $30 million, payable in cash. FedEx Express, a courier company, providing delivery to every US address and to more than 220 countries and territories, ...
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TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Kerala transport strike called off
The strike by private bus operators and truck owners in the State was called off today after talks with the State Transport Minister, Mr Mathew T. Thomas. The State Government has made no new promises to the transport operators, the Minister ...
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RAILWAYS
Infotech to support Bombardier rail projects
Systems include the London Underground, the Beijing airport people mover in China, and the Gautrain rail link in South Africa.
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India, Pak discuss possibilities of stepping up freight train services
Plan to introduce freight services on Munabao-Khokhrapar rail line
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Metro rail to float tenders for auto signals
Kolkata's metro rail will soon float tenders inviting bids from reputed firms for installation of the auto signalling system along the 25-km stretch of the underground rail network. Right now, the length of the network is 16.45 km, being ...
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ROADWAYS
Details display made mandatory for PDS vehicles
The Department of Food and Public Distribution made it mandatory for vehicles carrying commodities for public distribution, from centralised godowns to the fair price shops of various States and Union Territories, to display details about the ...
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Nod for nine highway projects
The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) met on Wednesday and approved nine highway projects with investment of Rs 4,439 crore under the National Highway Development Programme III A, received from National Highway Authority of ...
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Karnataka bus operators' association express concern over bad roads
The Karnataka Bus Operators' Federation has extended its support to the decision of the Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners' and Agents' Association to stop plying of vehicles on Sakleshpur-Mangalore stretch of road on Bangalore-Mangalore ...
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