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Dum Dum/Kolkata, IN
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Kolkata, India · Asia-Pacific
AAI’s eastern-India gateway at Dum Dum — one integrated terminal, DigiYatra since 31 Mar 2023, Yellow Line metro to Jai Hind in commercial service since 25 Aug 2025, and four live Travel Club rooms (Priority Pass + DragonPass, no live LoungeKey HTML) — still capped by winter fog / monsoon banks on a primary-runway-led airfield and by PP “T1/T2” labels that confuse travelers expecting a second landside building.
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Kolkata, India · Asia-Pacific
AAI’s eastern-India gateway at Dum Dum — one integrated terminal, DigiYatra since 31 Mar 2023, Yellow Line metro to Jai Hind in commercial service since 25 Aug 2025, and four live Travel Club rooms (Priority Pass + DragonPass, no live LoungeKey HTML) — still capped by winter fog / monsoon banks on a primary-runway-led airfield and by PP “T1/T2” labels that confuse travelers expecting a second landside building.
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and the Kolkata city center
5 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
4 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts. 4 rated worth it.
Read CCU on the boarding pass before the car moves. Kolkata’s airport is CCU / VECC at Dum Dum — not Bagdogra (IXB), not Durgapur (RDP), and not Cooch Behar (COH). Wrong-airport West Bengal recoveries are long road transfers.
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
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Current security wait information is not available for this airport. Check the airport's official website or app before travel.
No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.
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Status response Oct 23, 11:34 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.