The longest serving chief minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, and his entourage was among the high-profile users of Kolkata airport, then popularly called Dum Dum airport
All file photographs by Amit DattaSitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar is caught in a candid photograph interacting with other fliers at Dum Dum airport sometime in the 1980s
Payloaders at work during one of the several expansion projects of the Kolkata airport
Film director, screenwriter and actress Aparna Sen with her husband Kalyan Ray snapped at the airport several years ago
Professor, writer and former Member of Parliament Krishna Bose is flanked by her younger son, Sumatra Bose, and her niece, Anita Bose Pfaff, the daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, at the inauguration of the new integrated terminal of NSCBI Airport in 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee were among dignitaries at the inauguration of the new integrated terminal of NSCBI Airport in 2013
The integrated terminal of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport became a reality in 2013. The interiors showcased the diversity of West Bengal — from tribals to ethnic groups, from the hills of Darjeeling to the world’s largest river delta, the Sunderbans
The ceiling of the new terminal of NSCBI Airport had images of the Bengali alphabets in black, lending a unique look to the vibrant interiors of the airport