On Monday, the new terminal building at Port Blair airport was put into operation. officials said. An IndiGo flight from Chennai arrived first, signaling the start of operations. According to them, Flight 6E-6213 landed at Veer Savarkar International Airport around 7.10 am with 83 passengers.

Air India's jet was the second to arrive. 84 people from Chennai were aboard flight AI-549 when it landed at 7:20 a.m., they added.

The first flight from Port Blair, with 159 passengers to Chennai, took off at 7.35am on an IndiGo plane. With 161 passengers, the Air India flight made a second trip back to Chennai.