Kolkata: The Kolkata-Cooch Behar flight service is unlikely to resume any time soon as the West Bengal Government failed to live up to its promise of subsidising operations for six months.
Operated by a non-scheduled carrier North East Shuttles Pvt Ltd, the flight service was stopped after just 12 flights in one-and-a-half months.
The services were initiated based on the State’s promise to subsidise eight seats of an 18-seater Dornier 228 aircraft, for the first six months, in case of non-availability of passengers. The idea was to give a cushion to the operator to help commercialise operations.
As anticipated, passenger availability was low initially. But, the carrier did not receive the promised subsidy for the flights it operated between October and mid-November last year.
09/04/13 Business Line
