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The city of Chennai receives both international and domestic flights. These flights usually use the city airport where the Anna Terminal serves as the major international terminal. The Kamarajar domestic terminal receives great airplane traffic from Indian cities of Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Kochi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Chennai flight schedule holds a busy report through out the year with many direct and indirect international flights from UK, USA, Australia, Europe and Africa. The flights also come in indirectly via Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Chennai is the third city in the IT chain of India - holding third place to Hyderabad and Bangalore. Known as the temple city of India, Chennai today hosts the metropolitan face of changing India. Its excellent infrastructural facilities, transportation and communication networks make it a most sought after destination nationally and internationally. Its easy and efficient political system and bureaucracy make it convenient for foreign investors including global IT firms to establish bases in Chennai. Chennai, or formerly called Madras, also houses one of the biggest IT outsourcing centers of India. It also lays claim to the US consulate headquarters and has the reputation of the visa issual city. Hence, it is common to find all sorts of people ranging from workers to students to tourist families to make a beeline for the US Embassy centre in the city. The city's airport is a major international gateway, second only to Mumbai and Delhi, for many foreign investors.

• Flights to Chennai run on a direct and indirect international flight schedule. Direct flights usually come in from the UK and Australia.
• Indirect international flights make transit stoops at various Indian cities of Delhi, Goa, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkota, Hyderabad and Bangalore
• Indirect interventional flights are usually sold at budget rates
• Indirect interventional flights are usually sold at budget rates
• Indirect international flights can be booked in special tour packages wherein, the flight schedule also arranges for transportation via airport buses
• Domestic flights usually stop over at Delhi and Mumbai
• There is a huge influx of tourism on domestic airlines
• Consequently, the number of domestic airlines plying to the city has increased over the years
• There is a greater emphasis on the 'economy' class
• Domestic flights have strict luggage restrictions of having only two pieces of check-in baggage
• Luggage restrictions are allowed for students on major domestic airlines
• Online booking of domestic flights enables one to get a seat on cheap flights
• Cheap domestic flights usually offer no or minimal refreshments requiring the passenger to purchase refreshment on board

Flight to Chennai