Bagdogra, in North Bengal, lies at the foothills of eastern Himalayas, and is the gateway town to Darjeeling and Kalimpong. While here you can visit the Kali Mandir, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, ISKCON temple and the Mahananda - Teesta sanctuary. The key animals found here are the Indian bison, barking deer and Indian elephants. Opportunities for river rafting, camping and mountaineering are also easily available. The best time to visit Bagdogra is between October and March to enjoy the cold weather, as this city is at the foothills of snow-capped mountains.
The Bagdogra Airport connects the city to all major metro cities in India and some prominent international hubs as well. Here is a look at the major airlines which fly to Bagdogra.
How to reach Bagdogra from major Indian cities
The top domestic airlines with regular flights to Bagdogra are Air India, Jet Airways, Indigo Airlines, SpiceJet and Go Air.
Bangalore to Bagdogra: If you are flying from Bangalore, there are 5 one-stop flights and the shortest flight time is 4 hours on Indigo. Jet Airways, SpiceJet and GoAir provides one-stop flights with travel time of around 5.5 hours.
Chennai to Bagdogra: From Chennai, you can choose from 4 single-stop Indigo flights. The single, daily Air India flight reaches in 27 hours. There are 6 single-stop options on Jet Airways. The single one-stop SpiceJet and GoAir flights reach in around 4 hours.
Delhi to Bagdogra: From Delhi, a direct daily flight from Indigo Airlines and Air India each, reach in 2 hours. You have 5 options on Jet Airways, 1 on SpiceJet and 2 on
GoAir.
Mumbai to Bagdogra: The shortest travel time of 4 hours 25 minutes is on Indigo Airlines with 6 single-stop flights. The 2 Air India hopping flights take between 6 and 18 hours. More than 10 one-stop Jet Airways flights, fly to Bagdogra daily. From Mumbai, you have 2 options on SpiceJet and 4 options on GoAir.
The stopovers for most of the flights are at Delhi and/or Kolkata.
How to reach Bagdogra from major International cities
You can travel comfortably in roomy cabins and comfortable seats with major airlines like Etihad, Emirates Airways, British Airways,
Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa. There are direct flights to one international destination – Paro (in Bhutan). Other than that, hopping flights connect Bagdogra to prominent international cities like Kathmandu, Bangkok, Paris, Sydney, Dubai, New York, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Birmingham, London and others.
Paro to Bagdogra: Druk Air provides 2 flights in the week - on Monday and Friday. The flying time is 30 minutes and the flight timings are around 2 PM.
Kathmandu to Bagdogra: The flights between Kathmandu and Bagdogra are one or two-stop ones. There are around 38 options and the major airlines are
Jet Airways, Air India and Biman Bangladesh. The shortest travel time is 21 hours via Delhi.
Bangkok to Bagdogra: There are no direct flights on this route. The fastest (10 hours 35 minutes via Kolkata) and cheapest options are provided by
SpiceJet. Most of the flights stop at Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai.
Paris to Bagdogra: All flights in this route have 2 stops, Jet Airways, Finnair and Air France being the major carriers. The common stopover airports are New Delhi, Mumbai, Helsinki and Abu Dhabi. The fastest flight is offered by Finnair and takes about 16.5 hours.
London to Bagdogra: You can avail of one and two stop flights from London. British Airways offers the fastest option which will bring you to Bagdogra in about 16 hours via Doha and New Delhi. Jet Airways offers the cheapest flights via New Delhi. Around 90 flights ply daily along this route.
Sydney to Bagdogra: Qantas Airways has the largest fleet in this route. New Delhi, Melbourne and Dubai are the most popular connecting airports and around 30 flight combinations are available daily. Virgin Australia offers the cheapest options via Melbourne and New Delhi.
Dubai to Bagdogra: Jet Airways and Air India offers a vast array of options for travel from Dubai. While Indigo offers some of the cheapest options,
Air India offers the fastest. Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are the most common halts.
New York to Bagdogra: There are around 70 flight options available daily. Air India, with the largest fleet along this route, offers very reasonable fares. New Delhi and London are the two main connecting airports.
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