India has well developed domestic and international airports and all the main cities of India are well connected to each other through air travel India. According to the classification made by Indian airport authorities, five major airports have been declared as International airports in India. These include The Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Chennai (Madras), Calcutta and Thiruvananthapuram. These International airports cater to the needs of 85% of the international and 50% of the domestic needs of the people.

New Delhi

Being the capital city of India, Delhi is the most significant city of India. Thousands of foreign visitors come to Delhi for business purpose and tourism. It is well connected to other parts of the world through its international airport - Indira Gandhi International Airport - located at the distance of 25 km from the center of Delhi. Buses, taxis and auto rickshaws are available to reach the airport.

Many hotels of deluxe and star categories are available near airport to save your valuable time.

Mumbai

The Sahar International airport of Mumbai has recently been renamed as Chattrpati Shivaji International Airport. It is one of the major international airports of India and currently it handles upto 35 landings and takeoffs per hour. It is at the distance of 30 km from the city center. It takes 1 to 2 hrs to reach the Sahar International Airport. Prepaid taxis are available outside the airport to help visitors to reach at their desired destinations at reasonable rates.

Numerous hotels are available in the close vicinity of the airport. So that visitors could get the best accommodation conveniently.

Calcutta or Kolkata

Calcutta is very rapidly emerging as a business city in India. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport is located in Dum Dum, which is at a distance of about 20 km from the city center. Though the airport is very small by international standards, the lush green surroundings of the airport gives it a unique look. To reach at city center from the airport you can hire pre-paid taxis and coaches.

Calcutta is internationally connected by air directly to London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore and others.

Within India it is linked with Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad and other important cities.

Chennai or Madras

Chennai is one of the major cities of India located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai airport is a nerve code, which connects Chennai to the other parts of the world. Located merely at the distance of half an hour from the city center, Chennai provides an easy access to the business center and all the good hotels of the city. It provides the best airport facilities available in India.

Chennai airport helps you to get quick information about all the major hotels of the city, contact information of all the international and domestic airlines, contact details complete with snail mail addresses, emails, phone numbers and working timings of all the consulates in Chennai.

Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum

Thiruvananthapuram airport is around 6 km from the city center and 15 km from the Kovalam Beach. There are flights to West Asia, Sri Lanka, and Maldives, with connecting flights to other parts of the world.

To make air travel India India more convenient for you there are some direct international flights from some other major cities like Cochin, Bangalore and Guwahati. There are three other airports in Kerala. Trivandrum and Cochin airports are linked with international airports. There are daily flights operating from Singapore, Colombo, Male, Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

International airports in the metropolitan cities extend services ensuring that the traveler on business can continue with his quick chores even during his wait for boarding international flights or when transferring between international flights. These facilities include restaurants, business centers, rest rooms and telephone booths. Business centers are furnished with state-of-the-art equipments including word processors and telefax. The airports also offer tourist duty-free shopping, snack bars, nursery, baby-care rooms, and an art gallery too for art lovers. Prices at the duty-free shops at the airports are very competitive, giving great bargains on international merchandise.