kolkata this winter city holidayers have an opportunity to travel to several major destinations in the asiapacific region a major shuffle in royal brunei airlines winter schedule has allowed the carrier to use the sultanate of brunei as a hub instead of doing only regional business from india with exkolkata flights scheduled to reach brunei at 945 am instead of late at night passengers can take connecting flights to hong kong kuala lumpur taipei denpasar bali surabaya kota kinabalu kuching manila brisbane perth and aukland said royal brunei area manager middle east and indian subcontinent haji ellmi awang haji jambolkolkata is the only indian destination to which royal brunei operates at present the carrier is negotiating with authorities to touch more destinations and increase frequency to kolkatawhen the revised schedule comes into effect from october 28 the carrier hopes to attract more tourists to brunei brunei has begun promoting only recently and seven new hotels have come up in the last two years royal brunei area coordinator middle east and india mohammed irfan siddiqui said the airline is offering bruneibound passengers two days complementary staywhile the schedule should work to its advantage in the east the airline may lose traffic in the west as passengers need to stop at dubai for a day on the way to london and for half a day on the way back we are pegging our hope on the dubai magic most travellers should welcome the opportunity to spend some time in this shoppers paradise siddiqui said