Kolkata: Five IndiGo flights to and from Kolkata were cancelled on Wednesday due to severe weather conditions caused by cyclone ‘Arnab’.A Kolkata airport official said three arriving flights were cancelled from Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Ranchi. Two departing services to Visakhapatnam and Ranchi were also cancelled.Flights from Kolkata to Raipur and Bilaspur could also be affected on Thursday, depending on the cyclone’s path.A Kolkata airport official said arriving flights 6E7434 from Bhubaneswar, scheduled at 5.10 pm; 6E0617 from Visakhapatnam at 7.30 pm; and 6E7466 from Ranchi at 8.30 pm were cancelled. Departing services were also cancelled, including flight 6E0616 to Visakhapatnam at 3.45 pm and flight 6E7465 to Ranchi at 5.40 pm.Kolkata-Port Blair flights had also taken longer routes over the past couple of days because of the weather conditions over Bay of Bengal. Kolkata air traffic controllers helped reroute aircraft flying between South-East Asia and the Gulf and beyond to avoid the cyclone zone. Several domestic flights heading south were also rerouted via an area between Nagpur and Raipur. Flight operations at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry and Chennai airports were also affected.Trains leaving or terminating at the Howrah railway station, mostly the south-bound trains, were also withdrawn because of the severe weather.South Coast Railway cancelled several trains, including Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma SF Express departing Secunderabad on Tuesday, Oct 27, and Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express departing Howrah on Thursday, Oct 29. South Eastern Railway also cancelled Howrah-Jagdalpur Express from Oct 27 to 30 and Jagdalpur-Howrah Express from Oct 28 to 31.
