With the festive season getting closer, Air India has declared that it will resume operations from Kolkata to Yangon from the first week of October. Since May 2008 the flights had been stopped because of bad weather and dearth of passengers. The services will be recommenced from October 3 and two flights will operate weekly, on Monday and on Friday. On Mondays, the flight will directly reach Yangon, whereas will take a route via Gaya on Fridays.
AI will also operate an additional flight on September 29 on the Kolkata-Yangon-Kolkata sector seeing the rush of pilgrims during this time of the year, told Sameek Bhattacharya Air India Corporate Communications Manager. It will also restart its service to Bagdogra five days a week w.e.f. September 1. Moreover, AI has also decided to operate additional flights on the Kolkata-Bagdogra-Kolkata sector between September 14 and November 9 this year considering the further rush during the festive season.
