Bhubaneswar: Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Monday said he would speak to Air India to extend its Bhubaneswar-Port Blair flight up to Phuket in Thailand to start international operations.
International flights are yet to start from the city despite Biju Patnaik Airport being accorded an international tag nearly a year ago.
Raju said this to state tourism minister Ashok Panda at the airport while going to his cyclone-battered constituency Vizianagaram en route Bhubaneswar. "During our brief discussion, the Union minister promised that international operations would start as he would urge the Indian carriers to fly to international destinations from here. To begin with, Phuket may be explored as that would not only be feasible for Air India but it will help boost the state's tourism," Panda told TOI quoting the Union minister.
14/10/14 Times of India
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International flights are yet to start from the city despite Biju Patnaik Airport being accorded an international tag nearly a year ago.
Raju said this to state tourism minister Ashok Panda at the airport while going to his cyclone-battered constituency Vizianagaram en route Bhubaneswar. "During our brief discussion, the Union minister promised that international operations would start as he would urge the Indian carriers to fly to international destinations from here. To begin with, Phuket may be explored as that would not only be feasible for Air India but it will help boost the state's tourism," Panda told TOI quoting the Union minister.
14/10/14 Times of India
