Travellers to North Bengal, Darjeeling and Sikkim may soon be offered evening flight options to Bagdogra airport. Located near Siliguri, Baddogra now offers flight services only during the day time.
At a meeting with the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Arun Mishra, Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), indicated that it would take steps to install night landing facility at the airport.
“We have found a way out (to begin night landing at Bagdogra),” Miushra told reporters on Wednesday at the Writers’ Building.
According to Vikram Sen, Principal Secretary, State Tourism Department, a high-level meeting among the Airports Authority of India officials, representatives from Ministry of Civil Aviation and Bengal Government and DGCA said that night landing facility can be started in the next couple of months.
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