Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu and its metropolitan area.
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16 Facts About Chennai Airport
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Chennai Airport flew it over the Red Hills reservoir to inspect works and shot a couple of aerial photographs of the reservoir from the aircraft.
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Chennai Airport is the regional headquarters of the Airports Authority of India for the southern region of India comprising the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala as well as the union territories of Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
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Chennai Airport is the centre of the southern flight information region, one of the four FIRs that the Indian air space is divided into.
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The Chennai Airport FIR includes terrestrial air space above the five southern states and two southern union territories and the oceanic air space of the southern part of the Bay of Bengal and the eastern part of the Arabian Sea.
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Chennai Airport is the home to the southern regional office of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, whose main responsibilities include instituting standards and measures with respect to security of civil flights at international and domestic airports in India.
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Chennai Airport currently has 70 parking bays, one of which can accommodate the super-jumbo Airbus A380.
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Chennai Airport was modernised and expanded in 2013, with the construction of a new international terminal, the renovation of the existing international terminal, the construction of a new domestic terminal, the extension of the secondary runway, and the creation of a parallel runway, taxiways, aprons, parking bays and cargo terminal.
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Chennai Airport is the home to India's biggest air traffic control centre.
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The airline lounges at Chennai airport include Maharaja Lounge at the international terminal and the Indian Airlines Lounge at the domestic terminal.
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Chennai Airport is situated on the Grand Southern Trunk Road, a major national highway connecting several cities within the state.
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The airport metro station of the Chennai Metro connects the airport to other parts of the city, making it the second airport in India to be connected to a metro system.
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