Schedule of chartered flights for Jan, Feb & March Announced

Port Blair, Jan 04: Air India has confirmed the dates of operation of chartered flights on Port Blair-Chennai-Port Blair sector upto March, 2015. As per the schedule the services will be available on  17th January, 2015, 31st January, 2015, 7th February, 2015, 21st February, 2015, 7th March, 2015 and 21st March, 2015.

Reservation of tickets for above flights will start 10 days prior to departure of each flight. Accordingly, for the flight scheduled on 17th January, 2015 the reservation will start from 7th January, 2015. Passengers are requested to submit their requisition in the prescribed format available on website www.and.nic.in. Only one ticket will be issued per applicant. However, in case of family, a maximum of 4 tickets will be issued per application.

Reservation of Tickets: From Port Blair the passengers will be required to submit their application at the Ship Ticket Advance Reservation System (STARS) Counter, Directorate of Shipping Services, Phoenix Bay Jetty,  Port Blair between 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM on all working days for reservation of tickets for travel between Port Blair to Chennai. The reservation will close at 11.00 AM on the preceding day of departure of each flight.

From Chennai – The passengers will be required to submit their application to the office of the Assistant Director of Shipping Services, A&N Administration, No.5 Rajaji Salai, Opp. Custom House Chennai-1 between 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM on all working days for reservation of tickets for travel between Chennai to Port Blair. The reservation will close at 11.00 AM on the preceding day of departure of each flight.

Quota for Islanders and Non-Islanders:

Out of 144 seats, 101 seats are reserved for the islanders and employee of Central Govt./PSU/Defence personnel posted in A & N Islands and remaining 43 seats are reserved for non-Islanders. The unsold tickets in each category (Islanders/Non-Islanders) will be made open 72 hours prior to departure of flight for utilization by both Islanders and non-Islanders at the fare applicable to them.

Cost of Tickets: The ticket cost per passenger for one way between Chennai and Port Blair will Rs 5000 for Islanders on production of Islander card/      Local certificate and for employee of Central Govt./ PSUs/Defence personnel posted in A & N Islands on production of certificate issued by HoD/Head of office   –    Rs. 5000/- one way trip.

For Non-Islanders it will be  Rs.11600/- one way trip.

The reservation will be done on first come first serve basis by the respective reservation offices in Chennai and Port Blair. Fare will be collected from the applicants alongwith the application and a list will be prepared and sent to Air India Ltd. for issue of formal tickets.

Delivery of printed tickets:

The passengers can collect the printed tickets from the respective reservation office at Chennai/ Port Blair during office working hours from 3 days prior to departure of each flight or can collect the same from the representative of A & N Administration at the entrance of the airport at Port Blair/ Chennai 2 hrs before departure of each flight. Also the booking references i.e PNR / Ticket No will be communicated to the confirmed passengers through SMS.

Tickets for outlying areas: For outlying areas of Nicobar District and North & Middle Andaman District, the following quota of tickets has been allotted: DC, North & Middle Andaman:         10 seats from Chennai to Port Blair and 10 seats from Port Blair to Chennai

DC, Nicobar: 10 seats from Chennai to Port Blair and 10 seats from Port Blair to Chennai

The Islanders belonging to the Nicobar and N & M Andaman District may apply in the prescribed format to the respective Deputy Commissioner’s Office. The Deputy Commissioner of these 2 Districts will forward the names of the short listed 10 passengers to the Deputy Director (CA) 72 hrs. prior to departure of flight.