The Hindu Business Line : Monday, February 13, 2006

Queensland team coming to explore aerospace ties
Queensland plans to develop and commercialise UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) for civilian use, including coastal surveillance, precision farming, power line inspection and remote sensing. More

IA Bangkok flights rescheduled
HYDERABAD: Indian Airlines has revised its flights from Hyderabad to Bangkok. The flight IC-735 from Hyderabad to Bangkok will be operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The flight will depart from Hyderabad at 10.05 a.m. and arrive in ... More

Grounded
Passengers stranded at the Mumbai airport on Sunday after flights of the private carrier Air Sahara were cancelled following a flash strike by its pilots.

SHIPPING

Iron ore exports: Raking up problems
A FEW weeks back, iron ore exporters, particularly those located in eastern region and routing their shipments through the ports of Haldia and Paradip, had a difficult time with fewer rakes being available for ... More

Kandla set to challenge Chennai for bronze
TWO years after slipping from the second position, Kandla Port is set to unseat Chennai from its position as the third largest port in terms of cargo handled. According to latest figures, the Vishakhapatnam port ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Air Sahara cancels 30 flights after pilots' mass sick leave
THE operations of Air Sahara were affected on Sunday after 30 of the airline pilots went on mass sick leave, forcing the airline to cancel 30 flights. "Thirty flights were cancelled. 30 out of the 280 pilots in the system reported sick today. ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Sheetal Agro ties up with postal dept to market aloe vera-based products
The postal department staff will get a commission for selling the products and the postmen will be allowed to hand-deliver them to customers. More

INTERVIEW

`Simplicity, transparency will be our USP' — Mr Bruce Ashby, CEO and President, IndiGo
The soon-to-be-launched low-cost airline IndiGo created a stir in aviation circles last June when it announced at the Paris Air Show its decision to buy 100 Airbus A-320-family aircraft. The airline's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer ... More

`Export of iron ore fines should be encouraged' — Mr H.C. Daga, Senior President, Essel Mining & Industries
In 2004-05, iron ore exports were about 78 million tonnes, likely to go up to 85-90 mt this fiscal. Do you support the demand for restriction on iron ore export? I sincerely feel that the export of iron ore fines should be ... More

RAILWAYS

Railways' budget hotel concept on track
BOT terms being reworked for easier revenue sharing regime
Several interested parties wanted a `letter of comfort' from the Railways on the land on which the hotel would be built. More

`Set up Konkan Rly regional office at Mangalore'
THE Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has requested the Union Railway Ministry to set up a regional office of the Konkan Railway Corporation in Mangalore. In a letter to the Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, the ... More

ROADWAYS

Four-laning of Tindivanam-Tiruchi section of NH 45 soon: Baalu
A SOLUTION to the piling up of vehicles on the busy Chennai-Tiruchi national highway is in sight with the National Highways Authority of India scheduled to take up work on the four-laning of Tindivanam-Tiruchi section of NH 45 next month. Already ... More

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