A Visit to the Airport - By Budhil Basu

This story took place in the month of May, 2019 in Kolkata. It was our summer vacation and like every year, our parents decided to take us to our grandparent’s house in New Delhi. My brother Siddharth and I were very excited because we had to board a plane.

 

Our flight was at 9:45 am. We rose early in the morning, freshened up and drank milk/tea with biscuits. We had a light luggage which we quickly packed into our car and set off for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Dum Dum. My father told me that it is one of the oldest airport in India which has both domestic and international terminals. After reaching the airport, we had security checks, collected our boarding passes for Indigo Airlines and waited in the lounge. We enjoyed visiting the shops inside with a burger in our hands. Soon our boarding announcement was made and we took the boarding bus to the flight. As we entered the plane, the cabin crew greeted us with a ‘Namaste’ and a smile.

 

It was a dream come true for me because airports are places we don’t often visit. On reaching home, I was recalling the take offs and landings of different flights at the airport and was hoping to visit it soon.