SME Times News Bureau | 04 May, 2019
After hours of closure due to
severe cyclonic storm Fani, operations at Kolkata airport resumed on
Saturday morning, an official said.
"Air India AI 743 to Agartala
is the first departure from Kolkata at 0957 hours while GoAir's G8 101
DEL CCU is the first flight to land into Kolkata at around 1010 hours,"
Kolkata Airport spokesperson said.
According to the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the closure timings for the Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was 3.00 p.m. from Friday
till 8.00 a.m. on Saturday.
Fani entered Bengal post midnight hours after making landfall and causing havoc in Odisha on Friday.
The cyclone is likely to enter Bangaldesh around Saturday noon.
