Come March 29, the Bagdogra Airport will see for the first time an international flight landing and taking off.
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Drukair, the Royal Bhutan Airlines, has chosen the airport for a stopover of its flights from Bhutan to Bangkok and back. “..Our first flight from here to Bangkok will be on March 29 and we are eagerly looking forward for that day when we will see our flag fluttering at this airport,” Tshering Penjore, the general-manager of the airlines said at Bagdogra today.
An agreement with the civil aviation ministry of India last year allows the airline to operate its services from Bagdogra. Penjore was part of a four-member team from the Drukair that inspected the aerodrome today.
The airline will operate out of Bagdogra four days a week. “While flights from Bhutan will land and take off in Bagdogra — en route to Bangkok — on Tuesday and Saturday, those from the Thai capital will arrive on Sunday and Wednesday. We will use an Airbus with 30 seats in first class and 94 in economy class. As we are not here with any commercial interest, there will be services even with a single passenger on board,” he added.
The Telegraph
Friday, February 06, 2009