North East Shuttles (India)

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]

North East Shuttles
IATA ICAO Callsign
— NSL NORTH EAST
Founded2006
Commenced operations2011
Operating bases
Fleet size3
Destinations5
HeadquartersKolkata[2]
Key peopleShoba Kikakara Mani (director),[3] Uma Sankar Roy (additional director)

Destinations

North East Shuttles operates non-scheduled and charter flights to the following destinations in India:

StateCityAirportNotes
MizoramAizawlLengpui AirportHub
West BengalKolkataNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
West BengalDurgapurKazi Nazrul Islam AirportTerminated[6]
JharkhandJamshedpurSonari Airport[7]
West BengalCooch BeharCooch Behar Airport[8]
ManipurImphalImphal Airport[9]

Fleet

North East Shuttles operates the following aircraft:

North East Shuttles fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Y
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]

The aircraft after overshooting the runway

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).

References
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  3. "::Key People::". www.zaubacorp.com.
  4. "NORTH EAST SHUTTLES PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details - Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com.
  5. "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry - CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
  6. "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry - CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
  7. "Flights to Patna, Barbil on radar".
  8. "Cooch Behar on air map". www.telegraphindia.com.
  9. "New airline likely to start operations from Oct".
  10. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VT-NES Lengpui Airport (AJL)". aviation-safety.net.
  11. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 16.
  12. http://www.dgca.gov.in/accident/reports/VT-NES.pdf
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