New flight to Raipur

Kingfisher today launched its new flight connecting Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, with Kolkata via Raipur.

This will be the first flight that will connect Chhattisgarh capital with any city of its parent state""Madhya Pradesh.

According to the flight schedule announced by the company, the aircraft will take off from Indore at 4pm and will land in Raipur at 5.30pm.

It will fly from Raipur at 6.20pm and will touch down in Kolkata at 8.20pm.

The return flight will take off from Kolkata at 11.10am and will reach Raipur at 1.10pm.

From Raipur, it will take off at 1.40pm and will land in Indore at 2.30pm.

The ATR-75 category aircraft has a capacity of 60 passengers.

"The flight has been successful right from the first day. The Indore-Raipur flight was in demand for last long time as traders associated with steel industries, garments and pharmaceutical need the service," Kirti Vyas of a travel agency said.

Though there were some seats available for the evening flight to Kolkata, the one that left for Indore in the afternoon was full, Vyas said.

This would be the first flight to connect the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh with Chhattisgarh capital.

Kingfisher would be the second private airline to operate in the Raipur-Kolkata sector. Air Deccan recently replaced its Raipur-Ranchi-Kolkata flight with a new one connecting Delhi and Kolkata via Raipur.

The Deccan flight also flies in the evening hours.