Durgapur Airport

Frightening visuals have emerged from inside the SpiceJet aircraft bound from Mumbai that faced severe air turbulence on Sunday evening during its descent at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal.

Zoom Air would start commercial services from February 15 with a flight to Durgapur via Kolkata from New Delhi.

Jaisalmer, Agra, Gwalior or Bhatinda -- soon you can fly to any of these places at budget fares. These are among the 22 airports that can immediately start operations as per a government scheme.

Last month, operations came to a grinding halt at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal after leading to a bitter face-off between the Centre and the state government. Air India, the only airline which operated to it, had discontinued flights saying nobody was buying tickets.

On the day the NDA Government announced its new civil aviation policy to boost connectivity to smaller cities across India, Air India withdrew flights to Durgapur in West Bengal due to operational reasons.

On May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew out of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Durgapur in West Bengal. But formally, the airport opened on Monday, with celebrities taking the first Alliance Air flight from Kolkata to Durgapur. Flight time was 35 minutes, the ticket cost Rs 2500.

India's first private greenfield airport project at Durgapur in West Bengal commenced commercial air operations today with state-owned carrier Air India flying one of its planes to and from the airport.

Air India today became the first airline to start commercial operations from recently opened Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, at Durgapur, 170 kms from in Kolkata, with a flight connecting Kolkata to Durgapur and back.

India's first private greenfield airport at Durgapur, promoted by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd or BAPL, is likely to be operational by April 14.

Frightening visuals have emerged from inside the SpiceJet aircraft bound from Mumbai that faced severe air turbulence on Sunday evening during its descent at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal.

Zoom Air would start commercial services from February 15 with a flight to Durgapur via Kolkata from New Delhi.

Jaisalmer, Agra, Gwalior or Bhatinda -- soon you can fly to any of these places at budget fares. These are among the 22 airports that can immediately start operations as per a government scheme.

Last month, operations came to a grinding halt at the Durgapur airport in West Bengal after leading to a bitter face-off between the Centre and the state government. Air India, the only airline which operated to it, had discontinued flights saying nobody was buying tickets.

On the day the NDA Government announced its new civil aviation policy to boost connectivity to smaller cities across India, Air India withdrew flights to Durgapur in West Bengal due to operational reasons.

On May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew out of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Durgapur in West Bengal. But formally, the airport opened on Monday, with celebrities taking the first Alliance Air flight from Kolkata to Durgapur. Flight time was 35 minutes, the ticket cost Rs 2500.

India's first private greenfield airport project at Durgapur in West Bengal commenced commercial air operations today with state-owned carrier Air India flying one of its planes to and from the airport.

Air India today became the first airline to start commercial operations from recently opened Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, at Durgapur, 170 kms from in Kolkata, with a flight connecting Kolkata to Durgapur and back.

India's first private greenfield airport at Durgapur, promoted by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd or BAPL, is likely to be operational by April 14.