He noted that due to heavy urbanisation around the present Chennai airport at Meenambakkam, land acquisition and airport expansion within city boundaries is not possible. He added that the new ...

Once the new airport is linked by metro, travellers from the city will have uninterrupted access to it. Passengers can switch corridors at Alandur and Alapakkam from Meenambakkam to reach Parandur.

Pictures and clips going viral on X showed Madras International Meenambakkam Airport flooded with ankle-deep water on the runways. The Chennai airport operations were suspended from 9.40 am to 11. ...