Calcutta set to get second direct China flight

Calcutta will have a second direct flight to mainland China next month, when Hainan Airlines starts its service to Shenzhen in the southern province of Guangdong.
“We will start our operations before June 30 with three flights a week from Calcutta to Shenzhen, and based on the response, we are open to increasing the frequency,” Li Li, the general manager of the airline’s city office, told Metro.
The flight will leave Calcutta at 2.15 in the afternoon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and reach Shenzhen at 8.25pm (local time). From Shenzhen, the flight will leave on the same days at 11.40am (local time) and touch down in Calcutta at 1 in the afternoon.
The only direct air link to mainland China from the city now is China Eastern Airlines’s daily flight to Kunming.
09/05/11 Subhro Saha/The Telegraph

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