Kolkata airport will suspend flight operations for 15 hours starting Thursday evening as Cyclone Dana approaches, with authorities implementing safety measures to ensure the safety of people, planes and infrastructure.

Travellers should be informed that flight operations at Kolkata Airport will be suspended for 15 hours, beginning at 6 PM on October 24, due to the anticipated effects of Cyclone Dana

As the time of suspending flight operations gradually approaches in the wake of cyclone Dana, the Kolkata airport authorities started making arrangements to ensure the safety of people, planes, and infrastructure at the facility.

Kolkata airport suspends flights due to cyclone Dana. Operations halted from Thursday evening, ensuring passenger safety amid heavy winds, rains.

Cyclone Dana is likely to hit the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha states — home to around 150m people — as a “severe cyclonic storm” late on Thursday, India’s weather bureau said. It predicts winds will be gusting up to 120 kilometres an hour.

Attention for flyers! In the wake of the possible impact of Cyclone Dana, flight operations have been suspended from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Air Airport and Bhubaneswar Airport.

Cyclone Dana is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port in neighbouring Odisha early Friday.

Kolkata: In view of Cyclone DANA's impact on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, it has been decided to suspend flight operations from 1800 IST on 24.10.2024 to 0900 IST on 25.10.2024 due to predicted heavy winds and heavy to very heavy rainfall at Kolkata.