NEW DELHI: Twenty-three senior most Air India (AI) commanders have sought no objection certificates from the airline to quit. They have done so over the management’s continued failure to have pay parity between pilots of erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) and Air India even eight years after the two airlines were merged. A letter signed by […]
Day: June 20, 2015
Airlines to government: Don’t pat down ‘clean’ flyers
Air travellers may not be required to undergo pat down frisking at airports if a Door Frame Metal Detector (DFMD) check reveals nothing. The DMFD emits a beep when it locates anything metallic. Airports in Europe and US, where threat perception is very high like India, make passengers pass through metal detectors and/or body scanners […]
Gas leak from pipeline at Bally in Howrah district
Gas leakage was today reported from a pipeline of Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Corporation at Bally in Howrah district. Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the area after residents complained of a pungent odour emanating from beneath a road near an abandoned factory building at Bally, a fire brigade official said. The area has been blocked […]
Nigeria LNG exports reach $85 billion in 15 years
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (NLNG), a joint venture between the government and foreign oil majors, has generated some 85 billion dollars from exports since its inception 15 years ago, the company announced late Friday. “For us, it has been a success story. Between 1999 when we came on stream and now, we have […]