Flights to Kolkata resume ahead of Durga Puja

Airport authorities have resumed flight services to Kolkata ahead of upcoming Durga Puja, one of the largest festivals of the Bengali community during which several thousand residents of Jharkhand travel to West Bengal to participate in festivities with family and friends, officials said on Sunday.

“We have resumed four weekly flights to Kolkata ahead of Durga Puja. A high demand for flights to Kolkata is anticipated during the festive season,” said Director of Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi, Vinod Sharma.

Sharma added that the new flights to Kolkata, run by Indigo Airlines, take off from the State capital on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

“Besides Kolkata, we have also resumed passenger flights to Mumbai. Flights to New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad were already operational after the resumption of air services,” said Sharma.