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North East Shuttles

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North East Shuttles was 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] By July 2019, the airline had ceased operations.[6][7]

Founded2006
Commenced operations
2011
Ceased operations
2019
Operating bases
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North East Shuttles
IATA ICAO Call sign
— NSL NORTH EAST
Founded2006
Commenced operations
2011
Ceased operations
2019
Operating bases
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HeadquartersKolkata[2]
Key peopleShoba Kikakara Mani (director),[3] Uma Sankar Roy (additional director)
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Destinations

North East Shuttles is non-operational.

Fleet

North East Shuttles operated the following aircraft:

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North East Shuttles fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
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Cessna 208 Caravan 0 — Registered VT-NES.[8]
Dornier DO 228 0 —
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Accidents and incidents

On 4 May 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.[8][9]

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).[citation needed]

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