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sumantra
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 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject: CCU T2: How operational is it? |
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This is a selfish question, since I have a CCU-DEL trip on 26 Jan. It was supposed to be a Dreamliner family trip on AI 701 (CCU-DEL), with two award tickets for The Wife and Junior, in different hues. It was supposed to be after the formal inauguration of the new terminal on Netaji's birthday (23 Jan), and the formal opening of proceedings on 26 Jan, Republic Day.
New reports speak of passengers horrors post-the early inauguration. Will the flight depart from the new T2, or the old T1-Domestic? There are even more scary news reports of traffic congestion along both VIP road and Jessore road. the airline sites do not have any additional information about the terminal the flight will set out from. In the past, this flight used to come in as AI 20, park in front of T1-International, and we used to be bused from Gate 1 in T1-Domestic. My onward journey will be on a Duronto, which I will try out for the first time. The return will be on a 332 in all probability, going by the AI schedules, though this route saw a 744 operate briefly. What is the 01 Feb `moving date'?
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I'm not sure, but I've heard all regular ops start from March onwards.. Can someone confirm?
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Air India operates first commercial service from new Kolkata Airport terminal
24-Jan-2013 10:56 AM
Air India operated the first commercial service from the new terminal at India's Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on 23-Jan-2013, with Kolkata-Delhi-London Heathrow service (PTI, 23-Jan-2013). From 24-Jan-2013, all domestic and international services of Air India would be operated from the airport's old terminal building until the new one was available to airlines for regular service. The carrier said, “Air India was the only airline to accept the responsibility of operating this one-off commercial service from the new terminal today as its contribution towards the development of air connectivity all over India". The 190,000sqm terminal was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee on 20-Jan-2013 and will be capable of handling 20 million passengers (16 million in domestic and four million international) p/a. |
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AI 021 does not fly to London.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: CCU T2: How operational is it? |
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| sumantra wrote: | This is a selfish question, since I have a CCU-DEL trip on 26 Jan. It was supposed to be a Dreamliner family trip on AI 701 (CCU-DEL), with two award tickets for The Wife and Junior, in different hues. It was supposed to be after the formal inauguration of the new terminal on Netaji's birthday (23 Jan), and the formal opening of proceedings on 26 Jan, Republic Day.
New reports speak of passengers horrors post-the early inauguration. Will the flight depart from the new T2, or the old T1-Domestic? There are even more scary news reports of traffic congestion along both VIP road and Jessore road. the airline sites do not have any additional information about the terminal the flight will set out from. In the past, this flight used to come in as AI 20, park in front of T1-International, and we used to be bused from Gate 1 in T1-Domestic. My onward journey will be on a Duronto, which I will try out for the first time. The return will be on a 332 in all probability, going by the AI schedules, though this route saw a 744 operate briefly. What is the 01 Feb `moving date'?
Thanks, Sumantra. |
Sumantra, I think you figured it out by now that you will be landing in the old CCU. The new terminal handled only one flight (AI 021) on Jan 23rd.
March 2013 when thay are saying the new Terminal will be fully operational. Let's see.
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sri_bom
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AAI acquiring in-line baggage handling system for new terminal at Kolkata
25-Jan-2013 1:35 PM
Airports Authority of India (AAI) is reportedly in the process of acquiring equipment for a new in-line baggage handling system at the new integrated terminal at Kolkata International Airport (The Hindu Business Line, 24-Jan-2013). The new system will take up to five months to be installed. In the interim, the existing system will remain in use. |
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sumantra
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I big thanks to all of you who provided important pointers!
i am just back from Calcutta, with The Wife and Junior, on AI 701, 26 Jan 2013. The onward trip was on the Sealdah Duronto. I shall write about this experience. A few brief words here. The new terminal building looked spectacular from the outside (I was it from a distance). The Terminal 1 (Domestic) - the old terminal - was surprisingly clean and functional. It has been a while since I saw it this way. It may have been revamped a bit, since the Prez was coming to the adjacent one. I was worried about chaos with the X-ray machines, huge crowds, inefficient handling, and confusion about the terminal. There was an SMS from Air India, and a helpful pointer from my host to a newspaper article on 25 Jan, saying that the old terminal would still be in operation on 26 Jan.
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| As per 9W's FB page their CCU-BKK flight seems to have left from the new T2 at CCU. Has the terminal gone fully operational or were they just using that terminal for some random show-shaa. |
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| harshwcam3 wrote: | | As per 9W's FB page their CCU-BKK flight seems to have left from the new T2 at CCU. Has the terminal gone fully operational or were they just using that terminal for some random show-shaa. |
It's starts today. By the end of the week, it'll be completely operational.
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| abhijith16 wrote: | | It's starts today. By the end of the week, it'll be completely operational. |
Yes, Abhijith - I have been trying to follow Mr. Ganguly's thread with some interest - having a selfish interest in all this, since Papa has an official trips to Calcutta lined up this month, 21 March DEL-CCU; 23 March CCU-DEL. I was hoping to have some official trip lined up, but I have not been that lucky. The new terminal looks very impressive from the outside from what I have seen - landside, especially. The pictures of the interior are superb. I hope this is something the city maintains well, unlike the old terminal. The Calcutta Metro is still a pleasure to travel in, though it is quite old. Given the state of most of the infrastructure in the city, this is surprisingly well-maintained - though it has been a good six years since I last travelled on the Calcutta Metro.
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Airports Authority of India: New integrated Kolkata terminal operating without glitch
13-Mar-2013 10:37 AM
Airports Authority of India (AAI) said the first day of operations of the new integrated terminal at Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport occurred without a glitch (Hindustan Times, 12-Mar-2013). Airport Advisory Committee chairman Captain Sarvesh Gupta said: "There were no teething pains on the first day and everything was smooth". Three departures and three arrivals took place from the new terminal. All airlines are expected to move and commence flight operations from the new terminal building by 15-Mar-2013. |
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