chennai students from the city planning to travel to the uk will not be able to fly via frankfurt or paris as the european union has brought in a rule that transit passengers should have a schengen visa air france has already started service and lufthansa is showing schedules for august from chennai this is set to impact a large number of students scheduled to travel after june traffic on the route peaks in july and august when most universities begin their first year classes in the uktravel and tour operators said that demand for seats on flights via transit hubs like dubai muscat doha singapore kuala lumpur will increase sriharan balan of madura travels said the rule will aggravate the hassle students face due to high air fare schengen visa takes time except for france aishwarya n a student who is planning to travel in july said i may not fly via europe as it does not make sense to spend more time and money for another visa i am worried fares would climb further