HOW TO REACH

BY AIR	BY SHIP	SHIP SAILING SCHEDULE
HOW TO GET SHIP TICKET

BY AIR

Port Blair is connected with Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata by air. Presently flights are operated by

No.	Name of Flights	Sector
1.	Indian Airlines	Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
2.	Jet Airways	Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
3.	SpiceJet	Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
4.	KingFisher	Chennai - Port Blair - Kolkata, Kolkata - Port Blair - Chennai
5.	Air Deccan	Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
6.	Jet Lite	Port Blair - Kolkata - Delhi Delhi - Kolkata - Port Blair

Foreign tourist charter flights are also permitted to land at Port Blair subject to the fulfillment of guidelines of the Director General of Civil Aviation.

BY SEA

Regular passenger ship services are available to Port Blair from Chennai, Kolkata and Vishakhapatnam and back. There are three to four sailings every month from Kolkata and Chennai to Port Blair and vice-versa. There is one sailing from Vishakhapatnam in a month. The voyage takes about 50 to 60 hours and the ship normally berths at Port Blair for about two to four days. Further information on schedules and tariffs can be obtained from:

1. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.

Apeejay House, 4^th Floor, Dinsa Wacha Road, Mumbai – 400 020

Tel: 2822101/2823316 Fax: (022) 2022438

2. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,

Shipping House, No. 13, Strand Road, Kolkata – 700 001

Tel: 2482354, 2488013 Fax: (033) 2482035, 2480377

3. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,

Jawahar Building, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600 001

Tel: (044) 5231401, Fax: (044) 5231218

4. The Deputy Director of Shipping Services,

A&N Administration, 6, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600 001

Tel: (044) 5220841/5226873

5. The Directorate of Shipping Services,

A&N Administration, Phoniex Bay Jetty,

Port Blair (For MV Nancowry and MV Swarajdweep)

Tel: (03192) 232528/232742 Fax: (03192) 230480

6. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,

Aberdeen Bazar, Port Blair – 744 101

Tel: (03192) 233347, 233590 Fax: (03192) 233778

7. M/s A.V. Bhanojirao and Garuda Pattabhiramayya & Co.,

Post Box No. 17, Vishakapatnam

(Agent – Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.)

Tel: (0891) 565597/562661, Fax: 566507/549224

SHIP FARE ( from 1^st May 2008)

Name of Vessel	Class of Accommodation	Fare for Islanders	Fare per berth (Tourist/Non Islanders) (in Rs.)
M.V.Swaraj Dweep / Nancowry / Nicobar	Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin 2nd Class Cabin Bunk	3,940.00 3,560.00 2,680.00 710.00	7,640.00 6,320.00 5,030.00 1,960.00
M.V.Harshvardhana	Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin 2nd Class 'A' Cabin 2nd Class 'B' Cabin Bunk	3,940.00 3,560.00 2,680.00 2,350.00 710.00	7,640.00 6,320.00 5,030.00 3,890.00 1,960.00
M.V.Akbar	Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin AC Dormitory Ordinary Bunk	3,940.00 3,430.00 1,790.00 660.00	7,640.00 5,400.00 3,290.00 1,700.00