More than six months after Air India abruptly shut its flight operations from India’s first greenfield airport in the heart of the state’s coal and steel belt at Andal near Durgapur, Zoom Air, a private airliner, has announced to operate a daily flight from Friday.
The 50-seater aircraft will travel from Kolkata to Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, popularly known as Andal airport, for its journey to Delhi. On the return route, it will travel from Delhi to Kolkata to reach Andal.
Officials of Zoom Air said that Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL), the airport’s private sector operator, is hopeful of getting enough passengers to avail of the service in order to make their venture in this sector viable.
If everything augurs well, civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju will inaugurate the flight from Kolkata or from Andal on February 3.
01/02/17 The Asian Age
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The 50-seater aircraft will travel from Kolkata to Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, popularly known as Andal airport, for its journey to Delhi. On the return route, it will travel from Delhi to Kolkata to reach Andal.
Officials of Zoom Air said that Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL), the airport’s private sector operator, is hopeful of getting enough passengers to avail of the service in order to make their venture in this sector viable.
If everything augurs well, civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju will inaugurate the flight from Kolkata or from Andal on February 3.
01/02/17 The Asian Age
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