Tuesday 19 July 2011

COOCH BEHAR AIRPORT

Air service starts from Tuesday

After long years the Cooch Behar-Kolkata air service is going to be restored from the first week of August. On Tuesday, an aircraft of North East Shuttles took off from Cooch Behar Airport at about 12-49 p.m. and left for Kolkata en route Saidpur of Bangladesh initiating regular flights. The aircraft came from Dimapur of Assam and landed at Cooch Behar Airport amid cheers of curious visitors and guests at about 12-06 p.m.

Seven eminent persons from Cooch Behar including two MLAs, three government officials and two members of business community boarded the plane that left for Kolkata. They are the first passengers in the resumed air service.

Official sources said the fare for Cooch Behar-Kolkata flight would be around Rs 5,000 and from the first week of August the air service would be regular. 


2 comments:

jyotirmoy singha said...

great news,we have seen it on tv,now coochbehar is even nearer than any other districts of bengal.

Nikhileh Gangopadhyay said...

a long wait demand being fulfilled and now let it sustain...