All domestic and international flights from Chennai, both day and night, will resume from Monday morning after partial day-time services operated on Sunday.
“....availability of Chennai airport for all weather day and night operations for all flights for which domestic and international terminals will be available from 6 am of 7.12.2015,” an Airport Authority of India statement said in Chennai on Sunday evening.
This followed an inspection by DGCA for night operations, an AAI spokesman said.
The airport was shut down last Tuesday night after heavy downpour flooded the runway and all other operating areas.
After a review, technical and ferry flights were allowed from Saturday and the AAI had permitted day-time flights to operate from Sunday.
An Air India passenger aircraft to Port Blair was the first flight to take off on Sunday morning.
Altogether five passenger flights, all of Air India, took off from or landed at Chennai Airport till 5 pm today. An Oman Air plane stranded at the Chennai airport departed for Muscat with two crew.
Four ferry flights also took off or landed at the airport, AAI sources said.
With rain-ravaged Chennai limping back to normal, all domestic and international flights, both day and night, will resume from today morning after partial day-time services operated yesterday. The railway traffic on the Vijayawada-Chennai section has been restored and trains are running as per schedule.
The Chennai airport was shut down last Tuesday night after heavy downpour flooded the runway and all other operating areas. After a review, technical and ferry flights were allowed from yesterday and the AAI had permitted day-time flights to operate from today. An Air India passenger aircraft to Port Blair was the first flight to take off this morning.
All banks were open today for customers in the flood-hit districts of Tamil Nadu to ensure that people have adequate cash to purchase essential things to bring back normalcy in their lives.
The Reserve Bank also ensured that the banks were conducting their cash-based transactions in a smooth manner and also supported the cash availability for the lenders from the currency chest.
To make cash easily accessible to the customers, State Bank of India organised doorstep service in the affected localities by opening cash points through innovative modes viz, boats, autorickshaws, mobile vans, mobile ATM, handheld devices and business correspondents, it said in a statement.
SBI has also undertaken various relief measures such as distribution of food, water, blankets, medicines and utensils by procuring from nearby unaffected districts, it said.
NEW DELHI: Technical flights have started from rain-hit Chennai airport where operations were suspended on Wednesday following flooding but it will take a few days to resume commercial flights, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma said today.
"We started technical flights from Chennai airport. But we are unable to resume commercial flights as the basement of the airport is still waterlogged and power supply of the terminal building has not been restored completely.
“....availability of Chennai airport for all weather day and night operations for all flights for which domestic and international terminals will be available from 6 am of 7.12.2015,” an Airport Authority of India statement said in Chennai on Sunday evening.
This followed an inspection by DGCA for night operations, an AAI spokesman said.
The airport was shut down last Tuesday night after heavy downpour flooded the runway and all other operating areas.
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After a review, technical and ferry flights were allowed from Saturday and the AAI had permitted day-time flights to operate from Sunday.
An Air India passenger aircraft to Port Blair was the first flight to take off on Sunday morning.
Altogether five passenger flights, all of Air India, took off from or landed at Chennai Airport till 5 pm today. An Oman Air plane stranded at the Chennai airport departed for Muscat with two crew.
Four ferry flights also took off or landed at the airport, AAI sources said.
With rain-ravaged Chennai limping back to normal, all domestic and international flights, both day and night, will resume from today morning after partial day-time services operated yesterday. The railway traffic on the Vijayawada-Chennai section has been restored and trains are running as per schedule.
The Chennai airport was shut down last Tuesday night after heavy downpour flooded the runway and all other operating areas. After a review, technical and ferry flights were allowed from yesterday and the AAI had permitted day-time flights to operate from today. An Air India passenger aircraft to Port Blair was the first flight to take off this morning.
All banks were open today for customers in the flood-hit districts of Tamil Nadu to ensure that people have adequate cash to purchase essential things to bring back normalcy in their lives.
The Reserve Bank also ensured that the banks were conducting their cash-based transactions in a smooth manner and also supported the cash availability for the lenders from the currency chest.
To make cash easily accessible to the customers, State Bank of India organised doorstep service in the affected localities by opening cash points through innovative modes viz, boats, autorickshaws, mobile vans, mobile ATM, handheld devices and business correspondents, it said in a statement.
SBI has also undertaken various relief measures such as distribution of food, water, blankets, medicines and utensils by procuring from nearby unaffected districts, it said.
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NEW DELHI: Technical flights have started from rain-hit Chennai airport where operations were suspended on Wednesday following flooding but it will take a few days to resume commercial flights, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma said today.
"We started technical flights from Chennai airport. But we are unable to resume commercial flights as the basement of the airport is still waterlogged and power supply of the terminal building has not been restored completely.
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