Bengal Aerotropolis Projects gets DGCA nod for airport.

Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd. (BAPL) recently said that the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted the Aerodrome License to its Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (KNI Airport) in Durgapur-Andal region in West Bengal on April 24, 2015, which is the final approval from the civil aviation authority.

'The country will soon witness the airport operating commercially and improving air connectivity across Bengal and India,' a BAPL statement said. The date, however, is yet to be finalised.

While Pinnacle Air will launch non-scheduled operations through small fixed-wing aircraft, connecting the airports of Andal and Cooch Behar in North Bengal with Kolkata four days a week, scheduled airlines GoAir and Indigo are in talks with Bengal Aerotropolis Ltd. (BAPL) to commence operations on the Delhi-Durgapur route.

BAPL, however, said, it was in talks with all national carriers. 'As and when it materialises, we will update. The name of the airlines and date of operations will be announced shortly,' it said.

Apart from sales tax waiver on aviation turbine fuel, BAPL is offering concessions on parking-landing charges and 'seat underwriting', or buying seats to attract fliers. Now, BAPL is banking on the Aerodome License to influence other airline operators.


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