Bhubaneswar-Surat Direct Flight Services Begins

Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar: The direct flight between the smart city and Surat began today after the Air India flight left the Biju Patnaik International Airport in the early morning.

According to reports, the Air India flight A320 left the airport at 8:40 AM with 81 passengers.

As informed by the director of the Biju Patnaik International Airport, Baruda Venkateshwara Rao, the Air India will operate the direct flight between Bhubaneswar and Surat twice a week. “The flight will leave the Bhubaneswar airport on Monday and Thursday at 8.40 am and reach Surat at 10.40 am. Similarly, the flight will leave Surat airport on Friday and Sunday at 8.40 am and reach Bhubaneswar airport at 10.40 am,” Rao added.

Notably, BJP leader and Member of Parliament Aprajita Sarangi in a meeting with the Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi on July 22 last year had requested him for a direct flight between Surat and Bhubaneswar for the benefit of the non-resident Odias.