Kolkata: After nearly two decades since the last Vayudoot flight took off, Cooch Behar airport in North Bengal, will feature yet again on the air-map of West Bengal. Come September 5 (Monday), commercial operations will start between Cooch Behar and Kolkata.
This, incidentally, will be the third operational airport in the State after Kolkata and Bagdogra. The last flight operations at Cooch Behar took place in the 1990s, when Vayudoot – an erstwhile joint venture between Air India and Indian Airlines — was operational.
North East Shuttles Private Ltd — a non-scheduled airline — has been granted permission to operate 18-seat Dornier 228 aircraft for five days week under a State Government subsidy scheme.
“We have received permission from the Government to start operations from September 5,” Capt. Shoba K. Mani, Managing Director, North East Shuttles Pvt Ltd, told Business Line. North East Shuttles is an Rs 15-crore company, operating on several routes in the north-eastern states of Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland. It has three aircrafts – two Dorniers and one Cessna Caravan – in its fleet.
03/09/11 Abhishek Law/Business Line
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