Cyclone Remal: Flight operations resume at Kolkata airport
IndiGo’s Kolkata-Port Blair flight was the first flight to depart the airport 8.59 am on Monday, while SpiceJet’s flight from Guwahati was the first to land, according to an Airports Authority of India (AAI) top official.
In an official statement, Kolkata Airport announced, “Flight operations resumed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata at 0859 hrs, after it was closed for flight operation yesterday in view of the Cyclone Remal.
On May 27, flight operations at the Kolkata airport recommenced following a 21-hour suspension due to Cyclone Remal, which made landfall in West Bengal and its environs at midnight.
An Airports Authority of India (AAI) top official stated that SpiceJet’s flight from Guwahati was the first to land and that IndiGo’s flight from Kolkata to Port Blair was the first to depart the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport on Monday at 8:59 a.m. On Sunday, the last flight had left the airport at 12:16 p.m.
An airport official advised that some other flights were currently in the process of being checked in. Even though steps are being taken to resume flight operations, the official stated that it will take some time for the situation to return to normal.
The cyclone, which touched down on Sunday night at midnight, dumped a lot of rain on Kolkata and other southern Bengal regions.
According to the official, a meeting of the NSCBI Airport’s stakeholders on Saturday led to the precautionary decision to suspend flights.
A day after Cyclone Remal ripped through the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal with destructive winds that reached speeds of 135 kilometers per hour, widespread destruction was reported throughout Bengal’s coastal areas, with significant damage to property and infrastructure.
The cyclone made landfall on Sunday at 8.30 p.m., and devastated the state’s and Bangladesh’s neighboring coasts between Sagar Island and Khepupara, which is close to Mongla’s southwest.
The affected individuals are receiving food, clean water to drink, and medical attention thanks to the state government’s relief efforts.
Remal intensified into a cyclonic storm at 5:30 am on May 27, according to the India Meteorological Department. It was located roughly 70 km northeast of Canning and 30 km west-southwest of Mongla.
