Airways in Port Blair

Airway is the most convenient as well as fastest mean of transport to Port Blair, even though it is a little expensive. Most of the tourists prefer flights to reach Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There are direct flights to Port Blair from Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi. Some flights also fly from Bhubaneshwar on certain days. Besides this, there are also foreign charter flights to Port Blair, which are allowed to land at Port Blair airport only subject to the fulfillment of guidelines of the Director General of Civil Aviation.

All flights from Chennai and Kolkata to Port Blair take around two hours, as they are direct flights. But, Flights from Delhi reach at Port Blair within around five hours, as they fly via Kolkata or Chennai. Therefore, the flight fares from Kolkata and Chennai are expected to be anywhere around Rs 7,000, while they are around Rs 10,000 from Delhi. The main airlines that operate airway services to and from Port Blair are Air India, jet Airways, Jet Konnect, Spice Jet, GoAir and Kingfisher.
The sectors of important airway services are the following

Major Airlines Running to Port Blair

Air India

• Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata
• Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai
• Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata-Delhi
• Delhi-Bhubaneswar-Port Blair-Bhubaneswar-Delhi

Jet Konnect

• Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata
• Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata-Delhi

Jet Airways

• Delhi-Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai-Delhi
• Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata
• Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai

GoAir

• Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata
• Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata-Delhi

SpiceJet

• Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata
• Delhi-Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai-Delhi
• Delhi-Kolkata-Port Blair-Kolkata-Delhi
• Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai

Information of airways between Chennai and Port Blair

For flight journey from Chennai to Port Blair, Air India charges from Rs 6935, Jet Lite charges from 8510 and Jet India charges from 9346. Most nonstop flights between Chennai and Port Blair are operated by Air India, while Kingfisher has only one nonstop flight in this route. The largest aircraft operated by Kingfisher in this route has 174 seats and the shortest aircraft operated between Chennai and Port Blair on Air India is 852 miles. In short, 319 seats are available every day to fly from Chennai to Port Blair.

Information on airways between Kolkata and Port Blair

Airfare or Air India from Kolkata to Port Blair on Air India starts from Rs 7224, while it is Rs 8004 for Jet Lite and Rs 9886 for Jet India. Jet Lite has only one nonstop flight between Kolkata and Port Blair, while jet India has the most nonstop flights in this route. The shortest flight between these two cities operated by JetLite is of 811 miles. 378 passengers can fly to Port Blair from Kolkata to Port Blair daily.

Information of airways between Mumbai and Port Blair

Jet India charges minimum 12927 and Jet Lite charges minimum Rs 14600 for round trip between Mumbai and Port Blair. Chennai is the popular connection for one stop flights between Port Blair and Mumbai and the most one stop flights between these two cities are operated by Kingfisher. The shortest flight From Mumbai to Port Blair on Kingfisher is 1,492 miles. In total 363 seats are available for people to travel from Mumbai to Port Blair on air.

Information of airways between Bangalore and Port Blair

Jet India charges from Rs 9916 and Jet Lite charges from Rs 12321 for round trip from Bangalore to Port Blair. The most nonstop flights between Bangalore and Port Blair are operated by Kingfisher. Jet India has one two stops or more light in this route. The most important connection for one stop flights between these two cities is Chennai. The shortest flight between Port Blair and Bangalore operated by Jet India is 2, 849 miles. 286 passengers are able to fly from Bangalore to Port Blair daily.

Veer Sarkar Airport

Veer Savarkar International airport located just 2 km south of Port Blair city is commonly known as Port Blair Airport. It got this name after the Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. It is the main airport that is used by most of the tourists who visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands.