Chennai International Airport

4 events, 1930 to 1984.

  1. 1930

    1. 1930Infrastructure

      Madras aerodrome and Madras Flying Club begin operations

      The Madras Flying Club came into existence and the Madras aerodrome, ancestor of Chennai airport, was commissioned.

  2. 1932

    1. 15 Oct 1932Infrastructure

      Tata air mail service reaches Madras

      Tata Air Lines' inaugural air mail run from Karachi through Bombay went on to Madras, the first scheduled flight to touch down there.

  3. 1954

    1. 1954Infrastructure

      First passenger terminal built at Meenambakkam airport

      Meenambakkam got the first passenger terminal of Madras airport, which then served as a customs airport handling a few international flights.

  4. 1984

    1. 2 Aug 1984Conflict

      Meenambakkam airport bomb blast

      A bomb exploded at Meenambakkam airport in Madras, killing several people.