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  2. The Maharaja’s Dreamliner

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    / March 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    At a time when the aviation sector is in a crisis, Air India is about to induct 27 Boeing 787 series Dreamliner aircraft into its fleet. Officials say this could be a possible gamechanger for the airline’s bottomline, given the Dreamliner’s fuel-efficiency and passenger comfort, aesthetics and environment-sensitivity, all of...

  4. Vijay Mallya to Kingfisher employees

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    / February 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is the letter written by Kingfisher CMD Vijay Mallya to his employees. Since a lot has been written about KFA in the recent past, it is only fair that everyone knows what’s on Mallya’s mind as well.  This is the letter reproduced in full.  February 26, 2012 Dear Colleagues...

  5. Hyderabad’s dangerous Outer Ring Road

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    / February 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    These pictures were sent to us by a TSR member, Pattabhi Vemulapati from Hyderabad. He writes : “I was on the way to Hyderabad airport on the Outer Ring Road (ORR). At the last stage of ORR, the road dangerously forks into one road which goes to Ibrahimpatnam and the...

  6. Vizag on the right track

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    / February 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The City of Destiny is showing the way. The Hindu reports that the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation plans to introduce a community cycling initiative over 10.5 sq km of roads in downtown Vizag. Already `No motor vehicle’ zones across 20 km of roads is in place. Way to go, Vizag!

  7. Meter podu in the south

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    / February 17, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Wonder if the notorious autorickshaw drivers will fleece you less but atleast you will be aware they are fleecing you. Meterpodu is a crowdsourcing tool to get approximate auto-rickshaw fares for cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Mysore. Log on to the site, punch in your details of start and...

  8. Hyderabad airport is world’s 3rd best

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    / February 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A feather in Hyderabad airport’s cap. The Rajiv Gandhi International airport has been judged the third best airport in the world in service quality in the 5 t0 15 million passengers per annum category. The airport that is run by the GMR group has been ranked by Airports Council International (ACI) ahead...

  9. Lahore-Karachi by air, in the toilet

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    / February 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    For all those of you who always say It happens only in India, can now eat your words. Because it can happen in Pakistan as well. A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) captain decided to accommodate two passengers in the toilet of the Lahore-Karachi flight after seats were not available. IANS...

  10. My memorable train journeys

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    / February 3, 2012 / 2 Comments
    When we are young, we couldn’t wait to fly on airplanes. It sounded glamorous and luxurious. But even before 9/11, airline travel became stale, weary and uncomfortable thanks to the long lines (‘why is it called airline?’ ‘There is a line before you can take to air’), intrusive inspections and...

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