Bhubaneswar: Here is some good news for the air travelers as the direct international flight services from Bhubaneswar to Dubai will commence from April 1; the day is celebrated as Utkal Divas.
IndiGo, one of the leading airlines in the country, will operate direct flights to Dubai for the first time. However, the ticket booking for the flight has not started yet as the reconstruction work of Terminal-2 of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) has not been completed.
The aim is to complete the work within a month and the flight services to Dubai will be started from April 1, informed the state Transport Department. The Indigo flights to Singapore and Bangkok will commence after that.
Notably, IndiGo won the bid to operate direct flights to three important cities from Bhubaneswar. The State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the bid of IndiGo in December last year.