Kolkata: The state government section Monday removes all restrictions on incoming, both domestic and international leaflets, in addition to their needs to be fully vaccinated or complement the Covid negative test report before the trip.
Following the latest decisions, direct flights from Bengaluru can continue daily operations to Kolkata, Bagdogra and Andal near Durgapur.
Since the last two weeks, Curbs have been placed on flight from Bengaluru with limited operations on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Take a signal from the decision of the UNION Home Ministry to eliminate quarantine requirements in foreign travelers, the home department also announced that the passengers who arrived were fully vaccinated or had undergone a RT-PCR test conducted within 72 hours of the departure time was not asked to quarantine at home during seven days.
“Open Bengaluru will mean that around 60 additional flights a week.
In the future, the number of passengers at Kolkata airport must witness a stable increase,” said Chairman of the Airlines Operator Committee Kolkata Kolkata Rahul Wadhwa.
At present, the number of daily passengers at Kolkata airport floated between 28,000 and 34,000 with 260 flights flying into and out of Kolkata.
The average load is around 75%.
In December 2021, the facility recorded around 50,000 passengers every day with 390 odd flights in operation.
In 2019, before Pandemi, the airport was used to record more than 60,000 passengers every day on average and see 500-520 flight movements a day.
While the number of domestic flights is almost revived to the pre-covid level before the third wave, the number of international flights remains bad due to restrictions on scheduled flight operations.
At present, only bubble flight operations between certain countries and India are permitted.
That, the airline and travel agent hope, will change next now that many other countries have returned to normal.
“With the UAE eliminating pre-departure testing at the airport and the state government removing testing on arrival, test facilities will no longer be needed.
Of course, it will be there and reintroduction if needed.
But we hope it will not,” said an airport official.
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“At present there are around seven departures and seven international arrivals from Kolkata.
But with relaxation on the spot, if regular flights immediately return, international travel will definitely boom quickly,” said C Pattabhi, airport director.
Brotherhood travel trafficking is Gung-ho about normal operation continues this summer and expects booming on international travel.
The Federation Travel Agency of the Indian Chair (East) Anil Punjabi said that domestic tourism has increased, international recreational trips will also collect steps after international flights again.
“Even the withdrawal of RT-PCR tests on arrival will be a big incentive for people to travel because one headache will disappear,” he said.
The Association of the Association of the Indian (East) Chair Association Manav Soni expects an international trip to explode after scheduled international flights continue the operation.
“In addition to those who need emergency trips, there has been no international movement for two years.
People are waiting for the opportunity to continue normal life,” he said.