Pune: Eight flights were cancelled from the city though the Chennai airport reopened for operations on Tuesday, a day after the deluge in Tamil Nadu capital.Some of the flights cancelled were to and from Chennai, Varanasi, Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam. On Monday, a total of 12 flights were cancelled due to the closure of the Chennai airport because of flooding.We expect all operations to resume fully from Wednesday, Pune airport director Santosh Dhoke said. tnnWe also published the following articles recentlyCyclone Michaung: 12 flights cancelled at Pune airport due to rains in ChennaiThe heavy rains and flooding in Chennai, which has led to the Chennai airport getting shut down has had a cascading effect in Pune with 12 flights recording cancellations disrupting travel plans of hundreds of flyers. In addition to flights, some trains have also been affected, Pune rail division officials said. The cancellation of these flights is the result of bad weather conditions in Chennai and the closure of Chennai airport due to cyclone Michaung.Cyclone Michaung: Flight operations resume at Chennai airportChennai airport, closed due to heavy rain caused by cyclone Michaung, resumed operations. The first flight to land was a Vistara flight from Mumbai. The first flight to take off was an IndiGo flight to Chandigarh. The Airports Authority of India stated that the airfield was open and there was no water stagnation on runways and taxiways. Efforts were being made to clear the stranded passengers at the airport, where 1,500 passengers were stranded and 21 aircraft were on the ground.31 Chennai flights diverted to Bluru, 10 from city cancelledAs cyclone Michaung lashed Chennai, the citys airport closed and 31 flights were diverted to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru. Flights from Bengaluru to Chennai were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Domestic flights of Indigo, Air India, and SpiceJet were also diverted to KIA. Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, Fly Dubai, Air India, British Airways, and Lufthansa flights were diverted from Chennai to KIA. Passengers on diverted flights expressed disappointment and faced delays and cancellations at KIA.

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