Patna: Five more flights will be available at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport from January 15 under the ongoing winter schedule, which will remain effective with minor changes till March-end. It will increase the number of flights at the city airport by 9%.
IndiGo will resume the direct flight between Patna and Chandigarh from January 15 after 10 months gap. The flight 6E- 717/718 will operate six days a week (except Sundays). It will depart from Patna at 8pm and reach Chandigarh at 9:55pm. On return journey, it will leave Chandigarh at 1.45pm and touch down at Patna airport at 3.35pm. Besides, one more flight on Bengaluru sector will also resume.
SpiceJet is also to resume its flight (SG- 407) to Surat from January 15. The airline’s senior manager (corporate) Anand Deora said the flight from Surat will land at Patna airport at 2.40pm and take off from Patna at 3.10pm for Kolkata. The flight will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
At present, no direct flight is available on Surat-Patna route. The airline will also resume one flight each on Mumbai and Chennai route from mid-January.
Presently, the airport is handling 42 arrivals and departures per day, that would be increased to 47 from January 15. The city airport has direct connectivity to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Guwahati and Varanasi.
According to airport director Bhupesh CH Negi, the flights have been scheduled in such a way that the bunching of aircraft will be avoided in case of delay due to foggy conditions.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), Patna, has earlier taken the decision to operate only four flights per hour to avoid congestion inside the terminal building in case of delays as there is no scope for further expansion of the existing terminal building. The construction work for the redevelopment of Patna airport is in full swing.
14/01/21 Times of India
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