Chennai, Nov 25 (UNI) The departure and arrival of 12 flights at the Chennai airport have been cancelled in view of the Cyclone Nivar.

Airport sources said six flights, which were scheduled

to depart from Chennai and six flights, which were slated

for arrival, have been cancelled.

Flights to Kannur, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Tiruchi,

Thoothukudi, Bengaluru, Mangalore and Hubli were

cancelled as of now.

Depending upon the weather conditions, there may be

delays or diversions or even more cancellations, the

sources said.

Officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has

been coordinating with the Met Department, National

Disaster Response Force and State government officials

and monitoring the cyclone developments.

Smaller ATR aircraft have been taken away from the

airport by an airline fearing damage when the cyclone

makes a landfall.

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