Kolkata: The Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal near Durgapur is set to get its second service. Air India, which currently operates three flights a week to Delhi, has decided to start another thrice-a-week operation beginning February 16-17, connecting Hyderabad to the industrial belt in Burdwan.
Unlike the Delhi flight, the one to Hyderabad will be a red-eye one, arriving past midnight and taking off in the early hours of the day. The flight, to be operated with an Airbus A319 aircraft with 144 seats, will leave Hyderabad at 11.05pm and touch down at Andal at 1.15am. The return flight will take off at 2.10pm and reach Hyderabad at 4.30am.
While the hours are odd, airline sources said the pricing would be extremely attractive to woo passengers. The flight from Andal will be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Sources said that with the flight to Delhi clocking over 90% load, officials of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL), the greenfield airport promoters, had urged the carrier to introduce flights to south India, with Chennai being the first choice, followed by Bengaluru and Hyderabad. It was the last one that worked out first.
22/01/19 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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Unlike the Delhi flight, the one to Hyderabad will be a red-eye one, arriving past midnight and taking off in the early hours of the day. The flight, to be operated with an Airbus A319 aircraft with 144 seats, will leave Hyderabad at 11.05pm and touch down at Andal at 1.15am. The return flight will take off at 2.10pm and reach Hyderabad at 4.30am.
While the hours are odd, airline sources said the pricing would be extremely attractive to woo passengers. The flight from Andal will be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Sources said that with the flight to Delhi clocking over 90% load, officials of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL), the greenfield airport promoters, had urged the carrier to introduce flights to south India, with Chennai being the first choice, followed by Bengaluru and Hyderabad. It was the last one that worked out first.
22/01/19 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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