North East Shuttles (India)
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Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2011 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Kolkata[2] | ||||||
Key people | Shoba Kikakara Mani (director),[3] Uma Sankar Roy (additional director) |
North East Shuttles is an Indian charter airline based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. It was founded in 2006[4] and began operations in 2011 with two aircraft to serve regional routes in the North East, West Bengal and Jharkhand. The airline had planned to expand to Uttar Pradesh, but operations never began.[5]
Destinations[]
North East Shuttles operates non-scheduled and charter flights to the following destinations in India:
Fleet[]
North East Shuttles operates the following aircraft:
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Cessna 208 Caravan | 1 | — | 9 | Registered VT-NES[10] |
Dornier DO 228 | 2 | — | 19 | (as of August 2019)[11][8] |
Total | 3 | — |
Accidents and incidents[]
On May 4, 2011, a Cessna Grand Caravan of the airline overshot the runway at Lengpui airport during landing in foggy weather. No passengers or crew members were injured and the aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.[10][12]
Sponsorship[]
In July 2018 it was announced that North East Shuttles had agreed to become the co-sponsor of National Club of India Mohun Bagan. The sponsorship deal was worth a sum of ₹ 30 million (₹ 3 crore).[citation needed]
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- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 16.
- ^ http://www.dgca.gov.in/accident/reports/VT-NES.pdf
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