FLIGHTS TO CHENNAI

Chennai is basically a hub. It is neither ancient nor lovely. It is often choked by pollution, acrid smells - and people. The city is only marginally fascinating. It's a strange mix of British Raj-era monuments.

Portuguese churches, Hindu temples, and one of the longest urban beaches on earth. Most travelers arrive here simply because it's a transport hub and soon leave, discouraged by the intense heat, polluted air, and fever-pitch crowds. Chennai, formerly known as Madras is the Gateway to the East Coast of India. Being the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai reveals a combination of both trend and tradition.

This huge population count makes Chennai the fourth largest metropolitan city in India and also one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.

If you plan to travel to Chennai, then you cannot miss both the relics of the Raj and also the Marina beach. Being a huge metropolitan city in India, Chennai is well connected by flights from all over the world. Travelling to Chennai will be easy and convenient by taking flights to Chennai and flights from Chennai.

For those travelling on a budget, there are various budget airlines available which offer cheap flights to Chennai.

All international flights to Chennai will arrive at the Anna Terminal, an international airport in Chennai and also the transport hub of South India. Domestic flights to Chennai will land at the Kamraj terminal. Below are all the airlines which have flight services to Chenai from various worldwide cities :

Lufthansa (Frankfurt), Air France (Paris), Jet Airways (Brussels) and British Airways (London-Heathrow).

All these airlines have direct flights to Chennai via connecting service from their European hubs to city points in the United States. Air India has flights to Europe and the US. However do take note that these direct flights offered by Air India often will result in a transfer/change of plane in either Mumbai or Delhi. Jet Airways has flight connections to Toronto, Newark and JFK via Brussels.

Thai Airways has nonstop flight services to Bangkok from Chennai. From Bangkok. it will be much easier to go almost anywhere in South East Asia by taking a second flight from Bangkok.

Both Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have nonstop flights from Chennai to Singapore an Kuala Lumpur respectively. Jet Airways also has non-stop flight operations to both Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Air India, Oman Air, Emirates and Gulf Air have non-stop flights from Chennai to Middle East cities such as Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Ra's al Khaymah and Sharjah.

Chennai is known to be the hub for flights to Colombo route served by SriLankan Airlines, Jet Airways and Indian Airlines.

Major budget airlines in India such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Spice, Go Air and Air Deccan have cheap flights to Chennai and also to other cities throughout India.

They mainly use Chennai as a hub for flights to smaller cities in South India. Chennai is also the main gateway for flights to Port Blair located in the Andaman Islands.