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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata metropolitan area. It is located approximately from the city center. The airport was earlier known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent leader of Indian independence movement. Spread over an area of , Kolkata airport is the largest in eastern India and one of only two international airports operating in West Bengal, the other being in Bagdogra. With more than 10 million passengers in the financial year 2014-15, it is the fifth busiest airport in India in respect of numbers of passengers after Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. The Airport is a major centre for flights to North-East India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Southeast Asia. In 2014 & 2015, Kolkata Airport won the titles of ''Best Improved Airport'' in the Asia-Pacific region by the Airport Council International. ==History== Kolkata airport traditionally served as a strategic stopover on the air route from Europe to Indochina and Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=気になる薄毛の事 )〕 Many pioneering flights passed through the airport, including that of Amelia Earhart in 1937. In 1924, KLM began scheduled stops at Calcutta, as part of their Amsterdam to Batavia (Jakarta) flight The same year, a Royal Air Force aircraft landed in Calcutta as part of the first round-the-world expedition by any air force. The airport began as an open ground next to the Royal Artillery Armoury in Dum Dum. Sir Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal, opened the Bengal Flying Club at Calcutta aerodrome in February 1929. In 1930, the airfield was made fit for use throughout the year, and other airlines began to utilise the airport. Air Orient began scheduled stops as part of a Paris to Saigon route, and Imperial Airways began flights from London to Australia via Calcutta in 1933. This began a trend that drew many airlines to Calcutta airport. Calcutta played an important role in the Second World War. In 1942, the United States Army Air Forces 7th Bombardment Group flew B-24 Liberator bombers from the airport on combat missions over Burma. The airfield was used as a cargo aerial port for the Air Transport Command, and was also used as a communication center for the Tenth Air Force.〔Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.〕 Passenger services grew after the Second World War. Calcutta became a destination for the world’s first jet-powered passenger aircraft, the de Havilland Comet, on a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) route to London. Furthermore, in 1964 Indian Airlines introduced the first Indian domestic jet service, using Caravelle jets on the Calcutta–Delhi route. Between the 1940s and 1960s, the airport was served by several major airlines including Aeroflot,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Image: su57-04.jpg, (2391 × 1449 px) )〕 Air France,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Air France )〕 Alitalia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Image: az61-11.jpg, (2304 × 1325 px) )〕 Cathay Pacific,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Image: cathay19.jpg, (570 × 720 px) )〕 Japan Airlines,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JAL - Japan Air Lines )〕 Philippine Airlines,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Philippine 1949 Timetable )〕 KLM, Pan Am,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= PanAm Schedule )〕 Lufthansa,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lufthansa timetable May 1, 1960 )〕 Swissair〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Image: sr51-06.jpg, (2420 × 1222 px) )〕 and SAS. Due to the introduction of longer haul aircraft and the poor political climate of Calcutta during the 1960s, several airlines discontinued their service to the airport. The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War saw a large increase of both refugees and disease in Calcutta, causing more airlines to cease services to the city. In 1975, the airport opened the first dedicated cargo terminal in India.〔 In the early 1980s, plans emerged to connect the airport with the city center by tram. The proposed route went to the airport from Maniktala, via Vivekananda Road, Ultadanga and Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue. The line partly completed 1985, but further expansion to the airport was cancelled due to the financial downing of Calcutta Tramways Company. The extension proposal re-appeared in 1999, but was cancelled. The 1990s saw new growth for Calcutta airport, as the Indian aviation industry saw the arrival of new airlines such as Jet Airways and Air Sahara. A new domestic terminal was opened in 1995, and the airport was renamed in honour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.〔 In 2000, a new international arrival hall was opened. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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