Dubai: When it comes to options, expats travelling from the UAE to Kolkata are severely restricted with only Emirates providing a direct link between Dubai and India’s eastern metropolis.
True, it flies twice a day and often at full capacity, but with the airline increasing its capacity in other Indian cities and more Indian airlines starting operations to the UAE, Bengali expats here feel short-changed.
Pabitra Das, who resides in Dubai, said: “Although it is convenient to have a direct flight, people flying to other big cities in India have more options. Moreover, the fare is also always high for Kolkata.”
Hirak Dasgupta from Sharjah said: “There is one Qatar Airways flight which goes to Kolkata via Doha, but it takes off and lands at unearthly hours. I wish we had more options.”
05/03/14 Jaydip Sengupta/Gulf News
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True, it flies twice a day and often at full capacity, but with the airline increasing its capacity in other Indian cities and more Indian airlines starting operations to the UAE, Bengali expats here feel short-changed.
Pabitra Das, who resides in Dubai, said: “Although it is convenient to have a direct flight, people flying to other big cities in India have more options. Moreover, the fare is also always high for Kolkata.”
Hirak Dasgupta from Sharjah said: “There is one Qatar Airways flight which goes to Kolkata via Doha, but it takes off and lands at unearthly hours. I wish we had more options.”
05/03/14 Jaydip Sengupta/Gulf News
