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Neelam Mathews   - IHS Jane's Airport Review 30 September 2014   Aircraft on the ground at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India. The main runway at the airport is being upgraded with a Cat III ILS. Source: D Chakraborty/Demotix/Press Association Images The main runway at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata is to be upgraded with a Cat IIIB Instrument Landing System (ILS) in 2015. Resurfacing work on Runway 19L/01R will take place in two phases from February-June and October-December 2015, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) spokesman told IHS Jane's  . "During this period, the 11,058 ft [3,370 m] secondary runway..... Read more on ihs.janes

Posted by- Neelam Mathews May 23, 2012 Dragonair will add its second passenger destination in India, launching a new service to Kolkata. The airline already operates a daily service to Bengaluru (Bangalore). Subject to government approval and date of opening of the new airport terminal, the service to Kolkata will commence in winter 2012 with four flights a week operated by Airbus A320 aircraft. Travellers can connect through the Hong Kong hub to and from Dragonair’s Mainland China network as well as destinations in North America and Australia through seamless connections on the extensive global network of sister airline Cathay Pacific. Dragonair Chief Executive Officer Patrick Yeung said: “ The launch of a new service to Kolkata marks an important step in building Dragonair’s presence in the Indian market, following the launch of flights to Bengaluru in 2008. India is one of the major economies in Asia and the country has an increasing influence on the world stag...