Bengal calls for regular London flight

The state government has requested the civil aviation ministry to introduce a regular passenger flight from Calcutta to London and to at least another destination in Europe.

Air India officials said there were very low bookings on the London flight now but tour operators feel the demand would have been more had the airline increased the frequency.

“Cities like London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam used to be having regular flights directly with us. The subsequent discontinuations have adversely affected Bengal and the entire eastern and northeastern part of our country,” Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopdhyay wrote to civil aviation secretary P.S. Kahrola.