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BY AIR: Port Blair is
well connected with the cities of
Chennai and
Calcutta by
air. Presently flights are operated on
Chennai -
Port Blair -
Chennai Sector on
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & Friday and on
Calcutta Sector
on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.
CHARTER FLIGHTS: Foreign tourist charter flights can land at
Port Blair, subject to the conditions laid
out by Director General, Civil Aviation, Govt. of India.
BY SEA: Regular passenger ship services are available to port
blair from chennai ,
calcutta and
vishakhapatnam and back. There are three to four sailings every month from
calcutta 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.
Further information on schedules and tariffs can be obtained from:
SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.
Apeejay House, 4th floor,
Dinsa Wacha Road, Mumbai
- 400 040
Shipping House, No. 13, Strand Road,
Calcutta (Kolkata) -
700 001
Jawahar Building, Rajaji Salai,
Chennai - 600 001
Aberdeen Bazar, Port Blair - 744101
The Deputy Director Of Shipping Services,
A & N Administration, 6, Rajaji Salai,
Chennai - 600 001
The Director Of Shipping Services
A & N Administration,
Phoenix Bay Jetty, Port Blair
M/s. A.V. Bahanojirw and Garuda Pattabhiramayya & Corporation,
Post Box No. 17, Vishakhapatnam
Agent - Shipping Corporation Of India
By Road:
State transport service and private operators run regular city and
suburban bus services from central bus stand, near Aberdeen Bazaar,
Port Blair. Port
Blair is connected to Rangat and
Mayabunder both in
Middle Andaman , by the
Andaman Trunk Road. The route goes through dense forest and Jarawa Tribal
Reserve.
Travellers are not allowed to disembark in the reserved forest and
communicate with the tribals. Photography of tribals is prohibited. State
transport service and private operators run direct express bus services
daily from Port Blair to
Rangat and Mayabunder
and vice versa. Rangat is about 6 hours drive
and Mayabunder about 9 hours drive from Port
Blair. Buses leave from central bus stand, Port
Blair between 4.30 am and 11.30 am. Inter Island Boat Services
Directorate of Shipping Services operates Inter Island Passenger cum
Cargo Ferries / Vehicle Ferries from Phoenix Bay Jetty / Chatham Jetty,
Port Blair to tourist places like Bamboo Flat, Havelock Island, Neil
Island, Rangat, Mayabunder,
Diglipur and
Little Andaman .
Information about shipping schedule and tariff can be obtained from the
directorate of shipping services, Port blair