By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: With the Airport Authority of India (AAI) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation , agreed to hand over 1.1 acre land on the premises of the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, Iconic Dakota Aircraft all set to shift its location from Kolkata. Aircraft, currently parked at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.
Biju Patnaik, had set up Kalinga Airlines that operated from Kolkata. The private airline operated nearly a dozen airplanes, including Dakotas. The aircraft, which is 64 feet and 8 inches long, with its wings stretching to 95 feet, will be dismantled for transportation by road to Bhubaneswar from the Kolkata airport.
Prasanna Pradhan, the director of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), said that the AAI has given its “go-ahead” to build the memorial as a mark of tribute to the tall man and visionary leader.
