The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 08, 2005

SriLankan Airlines in pact with Taj Hotels
SKYWARDS, the frequent flyer programme of SriLankan Airlines and Emirates, has entered into a partnership with Taj Hotels Palaces and Resorts. Under the partnership, Skywards members will receive 500 `miles' or points when they stay at any Taj ... More

Pune to have flights to Dubai
IT'S official! Puneiites will, finally, get to fly out of the country directly from their home base, without having to travel to Mumbai. Air India on Monday said it is planning to introduce a new flight on the Mumbai-Pune-Dubai-Pune-Mumbai ... More

IA carries record revenue passengers
INDIAN Airlines carried more than 29,000 revenue-paying passengers for the first time this year on November 6. In a statement, the airline has said that it carried 29,136 revenue-passengers surpassing its earlier best carriage of 28,730 revenue ... More

SHIPPING

Kandla to develop satellite port at Tuna
KANDLA Port will develop a satellite port at Tuna to augment its capacity. As a first step, an existing jetty at Tuna is being upgraded and back-up storage area will be developed for storage of cargo. "Tuna port has been in existence even ... More

Ore transportation from Jharkhand to Haldia on `road' to normalcy
ROAD transportation of iron ore from the mines in Jharkhand to Haldia dock for exports is limping back to normalcy. The transportation was affected as a result of the recent transport strike in Jharkhand. Large quantities of ore for shipments ... More

Maritime policy to get Cabinet nod soon, says Baalu
THE Rs 100,000-crore National Maritime Policy is expected to get Cabinet approval "very soon", according to the Union Minister for Shipping and Road Transport, Mr T.R. Baalu. "We had circulated the draft policy and received comments from the ... More

RAILWAYS

Travel agents body in talks with Rlys for tourism products
THE Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) is in talks with the Railways to develop some tourism products, the newly elected Association President, Mr Ashwini Kakkar, said here on Monday. "We met with the Railways today. We are requesting ... More

7 consortia submit EoI for Hyderabad metro project
SEVEN consortia have submitted expression of interest (EoI) for the Rs 6,366-crore Hyderabad metro rail project that covers three dense city corridors. Essar Constructions, inclusive of its partners SREI, SembCorp and STE, Singapore and ... More

ROADWAYS

Catnap is luxury
The crew of a luxury bus catch forty winks inside the luggage boot between trips. A scene at Thampanoor, from where all inter-State long-haul services from Thiruvananthapuram originate. ... More

Bridge to nowhere
A view of the traffic snarl at Lakdi-Ka-Pul, an old bridge in Hyderabad, which is in urgent need of expansion.