Chartered flight ticketing eased out: will be issued from the Common Service Centres.

Port Blair, Mar 21: As per the direction of  Lt. Governor, A & N Islands, Lt. Gen. A.K. Singh (Retd), arrangements have been made for online booking of chartered flight tickets through the Common Service Centers (CSC) – e-Dweep outlets, which are located in prominent locations in A & N Islands to help the Islanders in availing services in a hassle free manner.

Accordingly, the chartered flight tickets for the month of April and May, 2016, initially for two months for sector Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai can be booked in advance from any of the following offices as per the convenience of the passengers. Any of the Common Service Centers (CSC)s – e-Dweep outlets; Counter at Inter-Island Helicopter Terminal, Port Blair; Office of Dy. Commissioner (Nicobar), Car Nicobar; Office of Dy. Commissioner (North & Middle Andaman), Mayabunder; Office of Dy. Resident Commissioner, A & N Bhawan, Kolkata and Office of Asst. Director, Shipping Services, Chennai.

Schedule of chartered flights:

Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai:

APRIL 2016 TO MAY 2016

Procedure for reservation of tickets will be as under:-

Application has to be made on prescribed format available on A&N Administration’s website www.and.nic.in; Only one ticket will be issued per applicant. But in case of family, a maximum of 4 tickets will be issued per application; For all tickets booked through CSC’s, the passenger will have to pay service charges to the CSC @ Rs 50/- (Rupees fifty only) per passenger; The Passengers to approach the CSC centres from the day of opening of booking window. Based on availability of tickets, CSC operator will obtain the details of the Passengers and issue a confirmation slip to passenger and also a SMS alert with confirmation number ; The  confirmed passengers by the CSC have to make payment  within 24 hours by visiting  any one of the following offices (1) Inter Island helicopter terminal,  Port Blair (2) Deputy Commissioner, North & Middle Andaman (3) Deputy Commissioner, Nicobar (4) Asst. Director, Shipping Services, Chennai (5) Deputy Resident Commissioner, A&N Bhavan, Salt Lake, Calcutta; On receipt of formal Tickets from Air India, it will be delivered to individual passenger by the concerned booking office and No refund will be allowed for cancellation of ticket (s), if there is no demand for the cancelled seat and it goes unoccupied due to cancellation. However, 20% cancellation charges will be recovered otherwise.

Similarly, the charted flight tickets between Kolkata – Port Blair – Kolkata sector shall also commence through the CSCs shortly.