FLIGHTS TO KOLKATA

Kolkata is the 2nd largest city in India after Mumbai and is also the capital of West Bengal. Known as the 'City Of Joy' for India, Kolkata ranks among the top 4 metropolitan cities of India and is widely regarded as the New York of the Indian sub continent. Just like other travel destination cities in india, Kolkata is well linked by air with many flights to and from Kolkata.

Kolkata is also fast developing into a modern infotech city with many new private sectors opening up business here.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (IATA: CCU) has both international flight services which connect Kolkata with cities throughout South East Asia and also flights to Kolkata from from European cities.

The airport is situated at Dumdum, around 17 km northeast of the city center. However the total number of flights from Europe to Kolkata remains small considering the size of the city. Kolkata also has a domestic terminal which is known to be the best in the whole of India. The domestic terminal however is currently undergoing quite a major face-lift and expansion in order to cope with the demand of expanding passenger movement and with more splurging new airline companies.

Most of the domestic airlines also offer direct flights from Kolkata to other important cities of India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow. Indian Airlines connects Kolkata International Airport with all the major hubs within India as well as many other cities around the world.

The Airlines which are serviced in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport are :-

•   Gulf Air with flights to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.
•   Druk Air (Bhutan) with flights to Paro with Delhi and Kolkata
•   Biman Bangladesh Airlines with flights to Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai
•   SriLankan Airlines with flights to Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli and Thiruvananthapuram.
•   Thai Airways International have flights to Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
•   Singapore Airlines have flights to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore with Singapore.
•   Royal Brunei Airlines with flights to Kolkata
•   British Airways with flights to Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
•   KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with flights to Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai

As flights to Kolkata and flights from Kolkata basically are the most convenient and also the most fastest means of commuting, a traveller may choose to either opt for cheap flights to Kolkata via budget airlines or make arrangements for charter flights to Kolkata instead. It all depends on a traveller's budget. Kolkata, previously known as Calcutta is also the cultural capital of India and the great city has born many influential people throughout generations such as poets, writers, film producers and Nobel Peace Prize winners.

If your travel itinerary is constraint to just a couple of days for India's metropolitan cities, you should definitely consider adding Kolkata to your list.