Jharsuguda: Flight services between Jharsuguda-Kolkata is scheduled to begin on November 5,while Jharsuguda-Bangaluru flight will start on November 15, informed the airport authorities.
The daily flight from the airport for Kolkata and Bengaluru will commence from November 5 and November 15 respectively. As per the information shared by Indigo, the Jharsuguda bound flight will take from Kolkata at 5.50 pm and reach Jharsuguda at 7.25 pm. And, it will take off from Jharsuguda at 7.55 pm and land at Kolkata at 9.20 pm.
The flight for Jharsuguda will leave Bengaluru at 10.15 am on November 15 and reach Jharsuguda at 12.20 pm and it will fly for Bengaluru at 12.50 pm from Jharsuguda and land at Bengaluru at 2.55 pm.
Since flight operations started from Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport at Jharsuguda in April 2019, on an average two lakh passengers flew from this small airport situated at the industrial hub of Odisha per year.
And the passengers included both frequent fliers and first-timers. Getting on the country’s aviation map, the airport has not only facilitated trade and commerce, but also gave a boost to healthcare and education in the western part of the state.
Operationalisation of Jharsuguda airport has changed lives and lifestyles of innumerable people in the industrial belt of the state and beyond, including neighbouring Chhattisgarh. It has made life a lot easier for the people of not only Jharsuguda district, but also entire western Odisha.
