Govt requests Alliance Air to fly to Cooch Behar

SNS | Kolkata | 11 September, 2016: The state government has requested Alliance Air, a subsidiary alliance of Air India, to operate ATR-42, a 42-seater aircraft from Kolkata to Cooch Behar. ATR-42 used to operate from Kolkata to Silchar route.

Now the airline has decided to withdraw the aircraft to operate a bigger one from Kolkata to Silchar.

Principal secretary of state transport department Alapan Bandyopadhyay has written a letter to the CEO of Alliance Air to operate the 42-seater aircraft from Kolkata to Cooch Behar.

Airport Authority of India (AAI) constructed a modern integrated terminal building at Cooch Behar airport with necessary manpower and infrastructure to operate it. But air services on the route were suspended due to non-availability of passengers even after the state had provided huge subsidy.

State government is working with AAI to expand the Cooch Behar airport.

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Govt requests Alliance Air to fly to Cooch Behar

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