New Delhi/Kolkata: Airport Authority of India-run Kolkata Airport on Saturday said that no flights shall operate to Kolkata from six domestic destinations for nearly a fortnight, as of now, from July 6. Accordingly, flight services to the West Bengal capital from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai, and Ahmedabad will be suspended from July 6 to […]
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Kolkata airport now functional, Air India hangar damaged
Kolkata: Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport recommenced operations from Thursday afternoon after it was inundated by heavy rains due to Cyclone ‘Amphan’. According to sources at the airport, operations recommenced at noon with the arrival of a Russian chartered plane for evacuation of stranded Russian nationals. However, some parts of the airport still […]
Spicejet technician dies after he gets stuck in landing gear door
Kolkata: A Spicejet technician died in an accident early on Wednesday while carrying out maintenance work on an aircraft at the NSCBI airport here, a highly placed official said. Rohit Bhushan Pandey, a trainee technician, died at 1.45 a.m. “He was doing maintenance work on a Q400 aircraft, and accidentally the landing gear door closed on […]
Operations resume in Kolkata Airport as Fani passes
Kolkata: After hours of closure due to severe cyclonic storm Fani, operations at Kolkata airport resumed on Saturday morning, an official said. “Air India AI 743 to Agartala is the first departure from Kolkata at 0957 hours while GoAir’s G8 101 DEL CCU is the first flight to land into Kolkata at around 1010 hours,” Kolkata […]
Terror scare on Kolkata-Mumbai Jet Airways flight, one passenger apprehended
In a case of terror scare, a passenger on board a Kolkata-Mumbai Jet Airways flight was apprehended at Kolkata airport by CISF on Monday morning. He was reportedly speaking on the phone threatening to blow up the plane, reported news agency ANI. Passengers noticed the man with a mask on his face and talking allegedly […]
Duo arrested at Kolkata airport for attempting to smuggle out euros
Kolkata : Euros, worth Rs 58 lakh, were seized from two Bangkok-bound passengers, who had concealed the money in their rectum, as they were about to board a flight at the NSCBI International Airport here, a DRI release said here on Saturday. Acting on intelligence that a smuggling syndicate would be attempting to smuggle illegally […]
Five flights delayed due to poor visibility at Kolkata airport
Kolkata : Departure of five domestic flights was delayed while three more flights were diverted from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Thursday due to poor visibility conditions caused by non-seasonal fog, an airport official said. The disruption in flight services happened between 5 to 8 a.m. on Thursday as visibility at the […]