Manila Bulletin
August 8, 2011, 2:59am
MANILA, Philippines — SilkAir the regional wing of Singapore Airlines operated its first flight to Kolkata, the capital city of the state of West Bengal.
With the introduction of this four times weekly service, SilkAir now serves seven destinations in India.
The first flight, MI 488, took off 01 August at 1315 hours from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 and is scheduled to arrive at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at 1500 hours. The return flight will depart from Kolkata at 2350 hours tonight and arrive in Singapore at 0635 hours tomorrow (all times local).
These newly introduced flights to Kolkata will complement Singapore Airlines’ three times weekly flights to the city. In total, the SIA Group of airlines will offer a combined daily flight service between Singapore and Kolkata.
“SilkAir’s new flights add to Singapore Airlines’ existing services, thus giving our customers more flexibility and choice of schedules,” said Mr Marvin Tan, Chief Executive SilkAir.
Singapore Airlines passengers from Manila and SilkAir passengers from Cebu and Davao enjoy seamless flight connections to a wide choice of flights to India by both airlines.
Formerly known as Calcutta, the city was established in 1690 by the East India Company and is known for prominent icons such as Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping the poor and sick and Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The city is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and houses a rich collection of buildings of significant historical interest and heritage, with many still retaining a colonial architecture reflecting Kolkata’s past as the former capital of British India.
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