Bangtok: Opened with fanfare by PM Narendra Modi last September, the greenfield airport at Sikkim’s Pakyong will have no flight service from June 1 as the lone operator, SpiceJet, has decided to indefinitely suspend its Kolkata-Pakyong flight.
The reasons: frequent cancellation of flights due to bad weather, poor visibility and lack of an instrument landing system (ILS).
Airport director Ramatanu Saha said though there is no move to close the airport after June, an AAI team will be stationed there to aid any aircraft wanting to land and take off. He added that AAI has not yet received the service suspension information from the low-cost carrier.
SpiceJet’s website indicates that no flights are available on the Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata route after June 1. SpiceJet had earlier suspended its Guwahati-Pakyong-Guwahati service. On May 3, its flight was unable to land at Pakyong due to bad weather and returned to Kolkata. Many passengers were inconvenienced and had to make alternative arrangements to reach their destinations.
23/05/19 Chewan K Dahul/Times of India
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The reasons: frequent cancellation of flights due to bad weather, poor visibility and lack of an instrument landing system (ILS).
Airport director Ramatanu Saha said though there is no move to close the airport after June, an AAI team will be stationed there to aid any aircraft wanting to land and take off. He added that AAI has not yet received the service suspension information from the low-cost carrier.
SpiceJet’s website indicates that no flights are available on the Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata route after June 1. SpiceJet had earlier suspended its Guwahati-Pakyong-Guwahati service. On May 3, its flight was unable to land at Pakyong due to bad weather and returned to Kolkata. Many passengers were inconvenienced and had to make alternative arrangements to reach their destinations.
23/05/19 Chewan K Dahul/Times of India
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