Air India direct flight Kanpur to Kolkata

Air India introduced direct flight from Kanpur’s Chakeri Airport to Kolkata in its sustained efforts to strengthen connectivity between major cities of the country. Air travellers from Kanpur will now have a non-stop service to Kolkata eliminating the need to travel to Lucknow or any other city for connecting to the West Bengal capital and gateway to north-east.

Air India is also offering special fares for the flight which will further help in promoting the sector and bring it close to the metros of Delhi and Kolkata.
The regional sector is being considered as the important aspect that would add to the contribution of growth in India's aviation industry as these cities require connectivity to major metros. The Delhi-Kolkata direct flight air fare is Rs 6,000 where as Air India would be offering cheap fares at Rs 4,000 on the Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata route and passenger could save enough money.


The flight will be operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India with a 70 seater CRJ-700 jet aircraft. The new flight AI 9801/AI9802 will be operated on all days except Sundays on the route Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata and back.

The flight AI 9801 will leave Delhi at 1020 hrs and reach Kanpur at 1120 hrs, depart from Kanpur at 1150 hrs arriving Kolkata at 1320 hrs, The return flight AI 9802 will leave Kolkata at 1400 hrs reaching Kanpur at 1530 hrs, depart from Kanpur at 1600 hrs to arrive back at Delhi at 1700 hrs