Indias fourth largest city and ranks 35 as the largest metropolitan areas in the world, Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu state. It is the city whose economy is industrial base excelling in hardware manufacturing, healthcare industries, automobile and technology. Chennai is the second largest exporter of information technology and information technology enabled services after Bangalore. The city is well equipped with two railway terminals, two major ports five national highways and an international airport.
The Chennai airport is situated at Meenambakkam and has two terminals; the International terminal named Anna Terminal connects to the major destinations across the globe. Many international airlines operate to and from Chennai. The airport with IATA airport code is the third busiest airport in India and main hub for south India.
It also has an important cargo terminus. The immigration, baggage retrieval and custom area are less chaotic made possible with proper management. Further there are shops restaurants, snack bar and the most important money exchange and banking. Airport authority provides special assistance to physically handicap people. The transit passengers passing through Chennai can take rest in the retiring rooms. Passengers can easily avail the car rentals and pre-paid taxi at the terminal itself. For more convenience bank ATMs, vending machines and foreign Exchange counters are provided. Those on business trip can very well make use of video and phone conferencing and Internet Communication Center.