Bhubaneswar: The first direct flight from Bhubaneswar to the North East India will commence today with Indigo Airlines launching its Bhubaneswar-Guwahati flight from today. The seven days a week flight is scheduled to take off at 1. 25 PM from Biju Patnaik International Airport and reach Guwahati at 2.55 PM. In return, the flight will leave Guwahati at 3. 50 pm and reach Bhubaneswar at 5 20 pm. The direct flight will benefit a large number of passengers going to the North East who were hitherto used to take multiple flights. According to sources, flight services to Jammu, Chandigarh and Surat are on the anvil.