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‘India remained weakest domestic aviation market in Feb’

‘India remained weakest domestic aviation market in Feb’

According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), India continues to remain the weakest performing domestic aviation market in the world. The IATA on April 3 released global data for the month of February and the drop in domestic air travel demand was weakest in India where traffic fell by 9 per cent, even as the average for the month for all countries was a rise of 3.9 per cent.

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Work on channel deepening at PPT nears completion

Work on channel deepening at PPT nears completion

The work on deepening of the channel at Paradip Port Trust (PPT) in Odisha is approaching completion, the port authority informed through its official website. After completion of this project, the entrance channel will have a depth of 17.1 metre (m) and approach channel will have a depth of 18.7 m to handle vessels up to 125,000 DWT.

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Kandla Port to set up new terminal

Kandla Port to set up new terminal

Kandla Port Trust in Gujarat has two dedicated container handling berths currently and the port authority plans to set up another container terminal at Tuna-Tekra at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore.

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Finance Minister welcomes investment from foreign firms

Finance Minister welcomes investment from foreign firms

Finance Minister P Chidambaram welcomed investment from foreign insurance, banking and asset management companies in India. During his visit to Tokyo, Japan, he said these companies have shown keen interest to investment in India and they were welcome. Insurance companies, large asset management com

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Domestic airports face challenges in becoming international hub

Domestic airports face challenges in becoming international hub

Industry watchers point out the challenges for airports in India to become international hub for Indian airline companies. An airport must have two prerequisites to become an effective hub. First, it needs a strong anchor airline operating out of the airport, as Emirates does from Dubai or Deutsche Lufthansa AG from