Travel: Flights to Madras from Manchester (man)

Chennai has an international airport and is the transport hub of South India. All international flights arrive at the Anna Terminal while the domestic flights arrive at the Kamraj terminal. The airport is served by 17 International and five Indian carriers (Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Air Sahara and Air Deccan). Most large European airlines such as Lufthansa(Frankfurt),Air France(Paris) and British Airways(London-Heathrow) and many Asian airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Malaysian and Thai Airways serve Chennai.

Chennai is well connected to Bangkok, Colombo,Dubai, Fujairah, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Muscat, Ra's al Khaimah, Sharjah and Singapore by Indian Airlines. For flight timings visit the Indian Airlines website.

Oman and Gulf Air have daily flights from Muscat and Bahrain. Srilankan Airlines connects Chennai to Colombo with multiple daily flights. Singapore airlines flies daily between Chennai and Singapore.

Indian (formerly known as "Indian Airlines"), Jet Airways , Air Sahara, Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, Go Air, SpiceJet and Paramount Airways connect Chennai with daily flights to most other Indian cities. Important numbers are:

• Indian Airlines General Enquiry 140
• Indian Airlines Arrivals and Departures (Recorded) 142
• Indian Airlines Reservations 141/+91 44 22561971
• Jet Airways +91 44 2841 4141
• Air Sahara +91 44 5211 0202/ +91 44 2498 0688
• Air Deccan +91 9840377008

Use the pre-paid taxi to get to the city. The fares are different for the domestic and international terminals though both the terminals are next to each other. You can either choose the standard Taxis (Black with Yellow tops) which are usually the ancient Ambassador cars or the private call-taxi ( which can come in any model and in any color). It's better to keep small change in hand as the counter staff very often don't seem to have change! Note the taxi number written on your charge slip (one copy is for the passenger and the other is for the driver to collect the fare from the counter). Once out of the terminal you'll have a tough time warding off all the touts and taxi drivers soliciting passengers. Make your way through this crowd and across the drive to the taxi stand. Now its up to you to locate your taxi. You can ask the other drivers (clothed in khaki shirts and trousers) to help you locate the vehicle which usually is parked out of view right at the back of the line of cars. Drivers will offer to tow your luggage cart or help you put them in the dickey (trunk) but do it yourself to avoid missing luggage.