The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 02, 2008

AIRLINES
Paramount plans services to Mangalore, Kozhikode
Tiruchi, June 1 Paramount Airways has planned to fly into international operations by 2011, according to its Managing Director, M. Thiagarajan. Speaking to presspersons here on Saturday, Mr Thiagarajan said his airways, at present, ... More

UB Group may raise air fares soon
Bangalore, June 1 The State-run oil firms’ decision to hike aviation turbine fuel prices is set to make air travel costlier in India. The Bangalore-based UB Group, that runs Kingfisher Airlines and Simplifly Deccan, is planning to ... More

Airlines move into e-tickets
Kochi, June 1 Cutting across spatial and temporal divides, airlines across the world will be migrating from physical paper tickets to e-tickets from Sunday. While paper tickets will be withdrawn across the world from June 1, domestic ... More

Tax based on aircraft weight
The UK Government is likely to introduce a tax on aircraft based on their weight, according to a report in Shippers Voice, suggesting that this could result in higher air freight rates. The Freight Transport Association, the UK ... More

Potential seen for international flights from Madurai
Madurai, June 1 After the completion of the ongoing work for the extension of runway to 7,500 ft, the Madurai Airport would be ready for operation of international flights and initially after the conversion, potential exists for the ... More

SHIPPING
Efficient ports boost GDP growth
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Concern over ship emissions
For some time, the regulatory authorities, shipping lines, port authorities and terminal operators all over the world (except, perhaps, in India) have been voicing their concern over ship stack emissions in ports. Several options such as ... More

ROADWAYS
Reverse e-auction introduced
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), which owns and runs Vizag steel plant, has introduced reverse e-auction for finalisation of road transport contracts. The arrangement was earlier in force for the dispatch of scrap and now it includes dispatch of ... More

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