By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Biju Patnaik International Airport here in Odisha on Monday resumed operations with New Delhi-Bhubaneswar VISTRA flight landed on morning while Air India’s New Delhi-BBSR flight is expected to arrive at 06.30 PM followed by Air Asia’s Bangalore-BBSR at 07.35 PM, Indigo’s Bengaluru-BBSR at 08.35 PM and Indigo’s Delhi-BBSR at 10:30 PM. The first flight to take off from here was Indigo’s Bhubaneswar- Hyderabad at 8:10 am.
After the civil aviation ministry decided resumption of domestic flights in the country in the fourth phase lockdown, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the highest technical body to accord permission to the airlines, sent list of the airlines, which had evinced interest, to the airport here.
Officials at Biju Patnaik International Airport informed that, Indigo, Vistara, Air India, Air Asia, Alliance Air flights will take off from Bhubaneswar to destinations Hyderabad, Delhi, Jharsuguda, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai.
