Bengal Air proposes to fly aircraft in Tripura

AGARTALA, February 2: A new private airline Bengal Air Service Limited expressed its willingness to fly aircraft on Agartala-Kolkata and inter-district routes in Tripura, managing director of the airline Swapan Sen said here Friday, reports PTI. The airline had submitted a project report to the State Government and the Transport Department is reviewing the project, Sen said. Bengal Airways proposes to fly 44-seater Avro aircraft on the Agartala-Kolkata route and 19-seater Dornier 228 aircraft for inter-district routes, the managing director added. He said the airline wants to connect three sub-divisional towns- Kamalpur in Dhalai district, Kailashahar in North Tripura district and Khowai in West Tripura district- with the State Capital.