Summary:
The Chennai airport and ports in the city have resumed operations on Thursday.
They were shut ahead of Cyclone Nivar.
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The Chennai airport and ports in the city have resumed operations on Thursday.
They have shut ahead of Cyclone Nivar.
A British Airways flight from Heathrow was the first to land at the airport after the cyclone at 9 am.
The airport was initially shut for 12 hours from 7 pm to 7 am due to Cyclone Nivar.
However, officials extended the shutdown for two more hours.
The decision was taken after assessing the prevailing climatic conditions and taking passenger safety as a top priority, an airport spokesman said.
"We handed the runway back to Air Traffic Control around 8.54 am for resuming operations," said the spokesman.
Meanwhile, Chennai Port, which had shut its operations on Tuesday, resumed roadside movement on Thursday.
"We have opened our gates for vehicular transport.