BY AIR
Port Blair is connected with Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata by air. Presently flights are operated by
| No. | Name of Flights | Sector |
| 1. | Indian Airlines | Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata |
| 2. | Jet Airways | Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata |
| 3. | SpiceJet | Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata |
| 4. | KingFisher | Chennai - Port Blair - Kolkata, Kolkata - Port Blair - Chennai |
| 5. | Air Deccan | Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai , Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata |
| 6. | Jet Lite | Port Blair - Kolkata - Delhi Delhi - Kolkata - Port Blair |
Foreign tourist charter flights are also permitted to land at Port Blair subject to the fulfillment of guidelines of the Director General of Civil Aviation.
BY SEA
Regular passenger ship services are available to Port Blair from Chennai, Kolkata and Vishakhapatnam and back. There are three to four sailings every month from Kolkata 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 and the ship normally berths at Port Blair for about two to four days. Further information on schedules and tariffs can be obtained from:
1. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.
Apeejay House, 4th Floor, Dinsa Wacha Road, Mumbai – 400 020
Tel: 2822101/2823316 Fax: (022) 2022438
2. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,
Shipping House, No. 13, Strand Road, Kolkata – 700 001
Tel: 2482354, 2488013 Fax: (033) 2482035, 2480377
3. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,
Jawahar Building, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600 001
Tel: (044) 5231401, Fax: (044) 5231218
4. The Deputy Director of Shipping Services,
A&N Administration, 6, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600 001
Tel: (044) 5220841/5226873
5. The Directorate of Shipping Services,
A&N Administration, Phoniex Bay Jetty,
Port Blair (For MV Nancowry and MV Swarajdweep)
Tel: (03192) 232528/232742 Fax: (03192) 230480
6. Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.,
Aberdeen Bazar, Port Blair – 744 101
Tel: (03192) 233347, 233590 Fax: (03192) 233778
7. M/s A.V. Bhanojirao and Garuda Pattabhiramayya & Co.,
Post Box No. 17, Vishakapatnam
(Agent – Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.)
Tel: (0891) 565597/562661, Fax: 566507/549224
SHIP FARE
| Name of Vessel | Class of Accommodation | Fare for Islanders | Fare per berth (Tourist/Non Islanders) (in Rs.) |
M.V.Swaraj Dweep / Nancowry / Nicobar
| Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin 2nd Class Cabin Bunk | 3,940.00 3,560.00 2,680.00 710.00 | 7,640.00 6,320.00 5,030.00 1,960.00 |
| M.V.Harshvardhana | Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin 2nd Class 'A' Cabin 2nd Class 'B' Cabin Bunk | 3,940.00 3,560.00 2,680.00 2,350.00 710.00 | 7,640.00 6,320.00 5,030.00 3,890.00 1,960.00 |
| M.V.Akbar | Deluxe Cabin 1st Class Cabin AC Dormitory Ordinary Bunk | 3,940.00 3,430.00 1,790.00 660.00 | 7,640.00 5,400.00 3,290.00 1,700.00 |
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