Summary:
CHENNAI: Capacity constraints seem to be limiting the number of departures from Chennai airport during morning peak hour. Peak hour for Chennai is between 5am and 9am, of which the maximum departures happen between 5am and 7am. The airport has the least number of peak hour departures compared to airports in other metros.Chennai handles 48 departures between 5am and 9am every day while Bengaluru handles 68, Hyderabad 60, Mumbai 93, and Delhi 150. The airport handles around equal number of arrivals also. Airlines prefer morning departures on domestic routes because several passengers prefer to leave on a morning flight and reach their destinations on time for business meetings and return the same day..