Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

The Dum Dum airfield became operational in 1924 when KLM began scheduled stops there as part of its Amsterdam-to-Batavia (Jakarta) route; a Royal Air Force aircraft also landed that year during the first round-the-world aerial expedition.

The Bengal Flying Club was established at the airfield in 1929, and 1930 improvements enabled year-round operations that attracted major international carriers.

During World War II the airport served as a strategic base for the U.S. Army Air Forces, including B-24 Liberator bomber operations, and functioned as a cargo and communications hub for the Allied war effort.

Indian Airlines launched India's first domestic jet service using Caravelle aircraft on the Calcutta-Delhi route in 1964, following the earlier arrival of the de Havilland Comet — the world's first jet airliner — via BOAC.

The airport was renamed in honor of independence leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1995, the same year a new Terminal 2 opened for domestic operations.

A new integrated Terminal 2, built by Italian-Thai Development and Parsons Brinckerhoff with capacity for 25 million annual passengers, was inaugurated January 20, 2013.

Airports Council International named Kolkata the best improved airport in the Asia-Pacific region for both 2014 and 2015.