Chennai: Five days after incessant rains and floods forced shutdown of the Chennai airport, international flight operations resumed on Monday.
A total of 35 flights operated at the airport, even as all services were yet to go on full steam. International operations commenced with an Air India Express flight arriving at 10 am, the Airports Authority of India said in a release.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Ganapathy Raju said normalcy had returned. He called on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to devise a plan for recovery in the aftermath of flooding of the runway, apron and other areas of the airport.
Raju said it was too early to quantify the financial loss and the government's focus was on relief and rehabilitation.
Talking about alleged cartelisation by airlines, the minister said air fares were being monitored by the ministry. Speaking to reporters after meeting the CM, he said "lessons have been learnt" following the deluge that paralysed flight operations, with stranded passengers being evacuated from the nearby Navy base.
07/12/15 Business Standard
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A total of 35 flights operated at the airport, even as all services were yet to go on full steam. International operations commenced with an Air India Express flight arriving at 10 am, the Airports Authority of India said in a release.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Ganapathy Raju said normalcy had returned. He called on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to devise a plan for recovery in the aftermath of flooding of the runway, apron and other areas of the airport.
Raju said it was too early to quantify the financial loss and the government's focus was on relief and rehabilitation.
Talking about alleged cartelisation by airlines, the minister said air fares were being monitored by the ministry. Speaking to reporters after meeting the CM, he said "lessons have been learnt" following the deluge that paralysed flight operations, with stranded passengers being evacuated from the nearby Navy base.
07/12/15 Business Standard
