Air tickets all taken? Airport now has 30 overnight flights
Offers Options On Domestic Routes; Lower Prices A Bonus
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:12.07.2018
If you’ve had to travel from or to Chennai at short notice in the past and scoured one travel website after another for an air ticket, there’s a good chance that the only elevation that you would have achieved is with your frustration at the futility of it all.
But things are rapidly changing. The city airport, dissed for its capacity limitations, now handles at least 30 red-eye flights — between 11pm and 5am — on a daily basis. There are now no less than 10 to 12 departures and 20 arrivals the airport, up from two or three overnight flights just a year and a half ago.
Red-eye flights are not just a boon when tickets run out: They are also cheaper than peak-hour flights by 10% to 20%. The fares are rising, however, because there are more takers.
Frequent flyer Joseph D said he prefers red-eye flights when he travels home because most people book peak-hour flights in the morning and evening. “I’m not in a hurry and red-eye flights still offer lower fares,” he said.
An airline official said the increase in red-eye flights was a direct result of high demand. More overnight flights on domestic routes has allowed the trend to take hold, he said.
“Peak-hour slots are often all taken in Chennai, so travellers have started to take overnight flights,” the official said. “Airlines with flights that land in Chennai after 12am use their aircraft for outbound flights when the morning peak hour starts.”
The domestic terminal remains as busy through the night as it is during peak hours, an airport official said. “A year ago, there were very few arrivals after midnight,” he said. “There are now around 10 daily arrivals after 1am.”
Flights arrive past 11pm from Pune, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad. There are four arrivals from Pune and three arrivals from Delhi. Departing aircraft head to Bengaluru, Jaipur, Pune, Patna, Goa and Patna.
Offers Options On Domestic Routes; Lower Prices A Bonus
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:12.07.2018
If you’ve had to travel from or to Chennai at short notice in the past and scoured one travel website after another for an air ticket, there’s a good chance that the only elevation that you would have achieved is with your frustration at the futility of it all.
But things are rapidly changing. The city airport, dissed for its capacity limitations, now handles at least 30 red-eye flights — between 11pm and 5am — on a daily basis. There are now no less than 10 to 12 departures and 20 arrivals the airport, up from two or three overnight flights just a year and a half ago.
Red-eye flights are not just a boon when tickets run out: They are also cheaper than peak-hour flights by 10% to 20%. The fares are rising, however, because there are more takers.
Frequent flyer Joseph D said he prefers red-eye flights when he travels home because most people book peak-hour flights in the morning and evening. “I’m not in a hurry and red-eye flights still offer lower fares,” he said.
An airline official said the increase in red-eye flights was a direct result of high demand. More overnight flights on domestic routes has allowed the trend to take hold, he said.
“Peak-hour slots are often all taken in Chennai, so travellers have started to take overnight flights,” the official said. “Airlines with flights that land in Chennai after 12am use their aircraft for outbound flights when the morning peak hour starts.”
The domestic terminal remains as busy through the night as it is during peak hours, an airport official said. “A year ago, there were very few arrivals after midnight,” he said. “There are now around 10 daily arrivals after 1am.”
Flights arrive past 11pm from Pune, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad. There are four arrivals from Pune and three arrivals from Delhi. Departing aircraft head to Bengaluru, Jaipur, Pune, Patna, Goa and Patna.
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