The Indian city of Kolkata is a busy, bustling metropolis. Kolkata which has for
years been regarded as the cultural capital of India has been the favored abode
of artists, writers, poets and other creative folk. Today this city which is located
on the banks of the Hooghly River in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is
India’s third largest city which is home to more 15 million people.
Kolkata has a long and rich history for the city once served as the capital of British
India from 1772 to 1912 and Kolkata’s skyline until today continues to be littered
with many magnificent edifices that are associated with this period of colonial
rule. However, Kolkata which enjoyed a vital position under the British declined
in importance after independence of India in 1947 and in the 1980’s it became a
communist enclave which led to a further decline of its economy. The growth in the
city at this time stagnated somewhat as the city was plagued by various ills of
urbanization like pollution, poverty and traffic congestion. Currently however Kolkata
is enjoying a renaissance of sorts and it has since the early 2000’s become an important
hub for the Indian technology sector; in fact it is the only such epicenter in the
Eastern part of the country which is attracting much business interest and investment.
Kolkata is served by the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport which
is located at a distance of 17km from the city center .The airport has three terminals
– domestic, international and cargo and is also connected to the Kolkata Suburban
Railway. The Kolkata airport can be accessed via an hour’s drive from the heart
of the city. This airport plays host to numerous international and domestic carriers
like Thai, Qantas, British Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay
Pacific, Emirates, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines and if you are planning on
traveling to Kolkata anytime soon it is quite likely that you will use one of these
carriers to access the city.
In fact if you are flying out to Kolkata from the US you must prepare yourself for
a long, back breaking journey which can easily extend over twenty-four hours due
to connections and stopovers. However you can greatly reduce the agony of such a
journey by opting for business class travel to Kolkata. Most folks will however
deter you by saying that business class airfares to Kolkata from the US are prohibitive
and out of reach for most people but this is not entirely true for cheap business
class airfares to Kolkata do exist and are in fact promoted by the airlines themselves
who distribute these business class deals to Kolkata via dedicated email newsletters
or through various social media outlets as is the norm nowadays.
Moreover these discount business class airfares to Kolkata are....Read More