Stalin urges Centre to resume direct flight between Chennai and Tokyo

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday urged the Centre to re-introduce direct flight connectivity between Tokyo and Chennai and increase the number of flights from Singapore to Madurai.

Writing to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradiya Scindia, Stalin said the direct flight service between Chennai and Tokyo, launched in October 2019 by All Nippon Airways, was discontinued during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The service is yet to resumed and the lack of direct flight connectivity more than doubles the travel time

between these two destinations by about 7 hours, he noted.

“There have been persistent requests from the Japanese business community in Tamil Nadu to resume direct flight services between Chennai and Tokyo.”