On his way back from Tokyo, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 wrote to the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiradiya M. Scindia requesting to re-introduce a direct flight connectivity between Tokyo and Chennai. Mr. Stalin also requested to increase the number of flights between Singapore and Madurai.
The Chief Minister is on his way back to Chennai from Tokyo after completing his official tour to Japan and Singapore, where he invited investors for the Global Investors Meet scheduled in Chennai on January next.
The direct flight between Chennai and Tokyo launched in October 2019 by All Nippon Airways (ANA) was discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic, he pointed out.