Over 20 flights cancelled at West Bengal’s Bagdogra International Airport due to runway damage

Flight services were halted and a total of 21 flights were cancelled at Bagdogra International Airport in the state of West Bengal due to damage on the runway. Bagdogra Airport Director, P Subramani was quoted in an ANI report saying that he got a call from their ATC around 11.50 AM that there is this runway issue. According to him, seven flights landed in the morning and five flights took off. So, the operation in the morning was was okay, the Airport Director said. Due to this runway issue, as many as 21 flight services were cancelled. Tomorrow, flights will operate normally, he added. According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), the operation of West Bengal’s Bagdogra International Airport would be suspended because of resurfacing work on the final layer of the runway.