Kolkata, March 7 Following a few days of disruptions related to the West Asian conflict, Emirates, based in Dubai, resumed services to Kolkata airport on Saturday evening. The first aircraft from the Gulf nation is expected to arrive late at night.
A spokesperson for the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said that Emirates flight EK 572, operating from Dubai (DXB) to Kolkata (CCU), took off from Dubai at 7:43 pm IST. The flight, originally scheduled to arrive here at 6:50 pm, now has a revised estimated time of arrival (ETA) of 11:50 pm.
After landing at the NSC Bose International Airport, the aircraft will operate the return service, EK 573, which is scheduled to depart at 1:30 am instead of the original 8:25 pm.
This will be the first Emirates arrival in Kolkata after the recent conflict-related disruptions in West Asia.
Earlier in the day, a flydubai flight from Dubai arrived at the city airport at 12:53 am with 163 passengers.
It later departed for Dubai with 92 passengers, the AAI spokesperson said.
A Qatar Airways flight departed from Kolkata for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, he said.
On Friday, seven international flights from Kolkata to Gulf countries were cancelled due to the ongoing conflict, the official said.