chennai around 25 international flights were operated from chennai airport after scheduled flights resumed after two years on sunday there were seven flights to colombo five to dubai five to singapore airlines scheduled flights to doha abu dhabi paris and londonan airports authority of india aai official said that more flights will be added in the coming days there were flights to paris and london which were being operated only on limited schedules till nowthe first days schedule were operated to full capacity the patronage was more than 70 because the demand for flights was high people were ready to fly but the number of flights were inadequate to meet the demand the scheduled flights has helped passengers who can now fly at lower fares said an airline official a majority of travellers were those who were flying via dubai or colombo to europe or the us these destinations did not have enough flights and people were struggling resumption of scheduled flights will help them he addedaai has prepared the terminal by adding staff to meet the influx of travellers because of the resumption of flightsairfares have come down because airlines have added more flights and indian carriers like indigo has also offered discounts to short haul destinations like dubai and singapore which are the hubs for transit travel the discounts start from rs6000 for oneway fare which was more or less the same fare offered during the precovid timesbasheer ahmed of chennai metro travels said that resumption of scheduled flights would be a boost for leisure travelhe said that many countries including southeast asian countries have started to issue visas and have started tourism promotion tthe flights would offer more choice for people flying for business and for education