Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has resumed daily flights to Kolkata, India's financial capital, with a total of seven weekly nonstop services. The first flight, EY256, departed Abu Dhabi with a full load of passengers at 1:50pm local time on 26 March and touched down at Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport last night at 8:10pm local time.
Upon arrival, passengers were welcomed with a cake-cutting ceremony and a celebration attended by Etihad and Kolkata Airport Executives. The flights will be operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, offering Etihad's award-winning service to guests in 8 seats in Business Class and 150 in Economy, convenient flight timings to the UAE's capital city, and seamless connections to destinations across the airline's growing global network of 67 destinations.
Etihad passengers flying from Kolkata to the United States can benefit from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Abu Dhabi.
