About Chennai Air Flights :
Chennai International Airport is the third largest airport in India and handles a huge passenger crowd every day. The passenger terminal complex mainly houses two terminals. One is the domestic terminal, which is known as the Kamaraj Domestic Terminal. It caters to the traffic from different parts of the country. The international terminal is known as Anna International Terminal and it looks after the traffic from the various parts of the world. There are a number of cheap flights operating from both the terminals. Even for the tourists coming from abroad, there are a number of airlines connecting them to the Madras Airport. Given below is the list of various airlines operating from domestic and international terminals of Chennai International Airport.
Domestic Airlines in Chennai :
- Air Deccan
- Alliance Air
- Go Air
- Indian
- IndiGo Airlines
- Jet Airways
- JetLite
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Paramount Airways
- SpiceJet
- Jagson Airlines
- Air Arabia
- Air France
- Air India
- Air India Express
- Air Mauritius
- British Airways
- Emirates
- Gulf Air
- Indian
- Jet Airways
- JetLite
- Kuwait Airways
- Lufthansa
- Malaysia Airlines
- Oman Air
- Qatar Airways
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- SriLankan Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- Nok Air
- Tiger Airways
- JetLite
- SpiceJet
- Go Air
- IndiGo Airlines
- Jagson Airlines
General Information about Chennai:
Location: Chennai
State: Tamil Nadu
Capital: Chennai
Language: Tamil, Hindi, English
Temperature: Max 40˚C, Min 27˚C (summer), Max 29˚C, Min 20˚C (winter)
Best Season: November to March
How to Reach Chennai:
By Air:
Chennai has an international airport which is located at a distance of 7 km from the main city. The airport caters to al the domestic and international passengers coming to the city. There are a number of domestic flights to and from Chennai which connects it to all the major cities within the country. Besides, there are host of international airlines which operate from the international terminal and link it with the important world cities with the city.
By Train:
Primarily, Chennai has two railway stations, Chennai Central and Egmore Station. Chennai Central is the bigger one of the two and runs on broad gauge, connecting with all the major cities and towns of India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Guwahati . The Egmore Station houses a number of meter gauge and broad gauge trains, which originate from here and ply to different destinations within the state as well as to the neighbouring states. Chennai Central links North and West India, while Egmore links South India.
By Road:
Chennai is also well connected via road. It is linked with all the important places in Tamil Nadu as well as India with the help of a good network of roads. There are even government bus services which operate within Tamil Nadu and other states. These buses operate from Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Salai, Koyembedu. It is considered to be the largest bus station in entire Asia.
By Sea:
A cruise is one of the most adventurous ways of getting to Madras. A passenger service connects Chennai with Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.