Partial flight service from Kolkata to six cities, but no flights

 

Partial flight service from Kolkata to six cities, but no flights

The service has been launched at Kolkata Airport since Monday.

Partial relaxation is the ban on flight services from six cities in the country. According to Calcutta Airport sources, the state government still has objections to the arrival of flights from those six cities. That's right, planes won't come from those six cities, they will just go. Today, the service has been launched at Kolkata Airport since Monday.

The state government has objected to taking off and landing from six cities in the country to prevent corona infection. Those cities are Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai, Nagpur, and Ahmedabad. In the first week of July, state chief secretary Rajib Sinha wrote a letter to the central government requesting that no planes come from those cities.

The state government has filed the petition thinking that the situation of COVID in Kolkata could get worse if passengers with COVID come from those cities. Following the state's plea, the six cities were banned from flying on July 8-19.

Later it was decided to maintain it till July 31. The ban was extended until August 15. This time, however, the state government did not object to the passengers staying in the six cities, even though the ban was partially upheld.

Earlier, the state government had given partial permission to fly to Kolkata from abroad. Partial permission, that is, the state government has not yet allowed Bande to return to Kolkata from abroad on a mission or a normal flight. Only chartered flights are allowed to return from abroad. However, even if permission is given, there is no chance that all flights can land in Kolkata if they want.

In this case, the state government has decided to approve 'case to case'. The state government has to inform the details of each chartered flight before it arrives. The government will give approval on that basis.

In the words of an airport official, "We are happy with the state government's approval fair. The aviation industry has already suffered a lot. If the service is not launched a little this time, the workers in the industry will suffer."