Passengers who reach Bangalore with valid tickets from Chennai, whose flights had got cancelled, will be accepted without any additional charge, change fees or cancellation fees, the airline said.
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“The closure of the Chennai Airport has been further extended till 1100 hours of December 8, 2015”, Air India said mentioning it in a statement a statement about its flights to Hyderabad and Port Blair from Chennai.
A round-trip ticket between Delhi to Bangalore, which is the closest major airport to Chennai and is now attracting a heavy influx of air traffic, is garnering Rs 64,000 – Rs 1.20 lakh.
Earlier, it was being reported that flight operations would resume partially at the airport today. “Once power supply is restored and water evacuation happens, we can restart commercial flight services”, he added.
The runway has been cleared for operations after inspections by officials and experts, another AAI official said. Two flights of Indigo and one every of Spicejet and Trujet evacuated 310 individuals from there.
Sharma said commercial flight services can not be resumed at the airport as of now.
A total 34 aircraft of various airlines were stranded at the airport due to flooding caused by torrential rains. It was yesterday declared fit for operating technical ferry and relief flights. Significantly, Government had on Thursday allowed some domestic airlines to carry out limited commercial operations from the Rajali Naval Air Station near Arakkonam, with a fixed ticket price of Rs 1,000 for Southern destinations and Rs 2,000, after national carrier Air India landed a passenger flight at the naval air station. “The state of affairs is being intently monitored and any additional motion can be taken topic to evaluate for resumption of providers as quickly as attainable”, the AAI, which runs the airport, had stated on December 2.
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“Four aircraft that were held up at Chennai airport have left”.
