Calcutta airport will soon fall silent, officials said.
This does not mean one can hear a pin drop but there will no longer be non-stop announcements, as it happens now in the airport’s security hold area.
Only emergency announcements will be made once the security hold area falls silent. The check-in and arrival areas became silent a few years ago.
At a meeting with airlines on Friday, the Calcutta airport authorities decided to take steps from September to curb announcements, following in the footsteps of the airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.
An official at the Calcutta airport said a silent airport was not entirely a noise-free compound.
