Kolkata: National carrier Air India operated a 'probing flight' to Andaman & Nicobar Islands from Kolkata on Tuesday evening to test the waters before night flights to Port Blair are commercially launched. SpiceJet had on September 14 operated a test flight to Port Blair after sunset. If the flight report turns out to be positive, it would pave the way for international flights to operate to Port Blair and lead to a quantum jump in tourist influx to the Andaman archipelago. For any airport to get an international tag, it has to be operational 24x7. Till now, commercial flights to Port Blair have been operating only during the day. Not only did this restrict the number of flights, passengers got stranded when poor weather prevented the flights from operating during the day.
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