By Air : Port Blair is linked to Chennai and Kolkata by Air. At the moment flights are operated by Indian Airlines on Kolkata-Port Blair Kolkata sector on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and on Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai sector on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The journey duration is around 2 hours for both sectors. From Port Blair one can either pick the road route or cruise through the water by boat.
Jet Airways has as well started their services each day of the week on Chennai-Port Blair-Chennai sector.
By Sea / cruise : Regular passenger ship services are obtainable to Port Blair from Chennai, Calcutta and Vishakhapatnam. There are three to four sailings every month correspondingly from Chennai and Kolkata to Port Blair and vice-versa and from Vishakhapatnam one time in every two months. The voyage takes about three days and ships usually berth at Port Blair for about two days. From here one can reach the precise destination by road or boat.
For booking / package tours / contact / address / tour operators / travel agents / cruises in Andaman and Nicobar Islands India
Tourist Information Officer , Directorate of Information, Publicity & Tourism, A & N Administration, Port Blair, Office:03192-238473 E-mail:ipt@and.nic.in
