No flights will depart or arrive at Kolkata airport from 3 pm on Friday to 8 am on Saturday in view of the cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, which slammed into the Odisha coast in the morning, Indian aviation regulator DGCA said.
On Thursday, the regulator said there would be no flights to and from Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm Friday and 6 pm Saturday.
A senior government official told PTI that the timings regarding the shutdown of flight operations at Kolkata airport have been revised after observing the progress of Cyclone Fani.
On Friday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement, “Revised timings provided by AAI for Kolkata airport; From 1500 IST on 3.5.2019 till 0800 IST on 4.5.2019.”
