NAGPUR: Airlines operating from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport are preparing to cash in on the festival rush. Anticipating an increase in demand, Jet Konnect, which operates flights on Mumbai and Hyderabad sectors, plans to start daily flights to Kolkata from November 1. Presently, only Indigo operates daily flight on Kolkata-Nagpur sector at 6.20pm and Nagpur-Kolkata leg at 5.30pm.
A Jet Konnect spokesman said the Nagpur-Kolkata flight will take off at 11.50am and reach Kolkata at 1.25pm. On the return leg, the flight will take off from Kolkata at 2.05pm and reach Nagpur at 3.50pm. The fare (inclusive of all taxes and charges) begins from Rs 2,984 for both sectors. This will take the number of domestic flights being operated from Nagpur airport to 30.
Apart from this, there is also an international flight to Sharjah operated by Air Arabia.
Shantanu Banarjee, a regular visitor to Kolkata, said, asDuring the festival season and summer, trains are packed and airlines too hike fares due to heavy rush. This was the reason most passengers were demanding regular flights to Kolkata.a?
With Jet Konnect introducing another daily option, Shantanu, who works with a financial institution in the city, said, asMany people working in Nagpur but residents of Kolkata will benefit.a?
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Night parking may add more flights soon
Airport officials informed that Jet, SpiceJet and Indigo have also evinced interest to avail of night parking facility being offered by MIL at Nagpur airport. A senior MIL official said, asLow cost airlines Jet and Indigo have proposed to start early morning and late evening direct flights to Mumbai and Delhi. Spice Jet has also proposed direct flights between Nagpur and Chennai, and most likely Ahmedabad from the year-end using a fleet of newly introduced Bombardier Q-400 turboprop aircrafts.a?
These will be the first flights to Chennai and Ahmedabad from the Orange City, the official said.
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A Jet Konnect spokesman said the Nagpur-Kolkata flight will take off at 11.50am and reach Kolkata at 1.25pm. On the return leg, the flight will take off from Kolkata at 2.05pm and reach Nagpur at 3.50pm. The fare (inclusive of all taxes and charges) begins from Rs 2,984 for both sectors. This will take the number of domestic flights being operated from Nagpur airport to 30.
Apart from this, there is also an international flight to Sharjah operated by Air Arabia.
Shantanu Banarjee, a regular visitor to Kolkata, said, asDuring the festival season and summer, trains are packed and airlines too hike fares due to heavy rush. This was the reason most passengers were demanding regular flights to Kolkata.a?
With Jet Konnect introducing another daily option, Shantanu, who works with a financial institution in the city, said, asMany people working in Nagpur but residents of Kolkata will benefit.a?
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Night parking may add more flights soon
Airport officials informed that Jet, SpiceJet and Indigo have also evinced interest to avail of night parking facility being offered by MIL at Nagpur airport. A senior MIL official said, asLow cost airlines Jet and Indigo have proposed to start early morning and late evening direct flights to Mumbai and Delhi. Spice Jet has also proposed direct flights between Nagpur and Chennai, and most likely Ahmedabad from the year-end using a fleet of newly introduced Bombardier Q-400 turboprop aircrafts.a?
These will be the first flights to Chennai and Ahmedabad from the Orange City, the official said.
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wow this is a nice attempt to launch daily flights to Kolkata. It will help the passengers to reach Kolkata easily.
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