Jharsuguda will get direct flights to Mumbai, Bengaluru
2 min read By Express News Service
JHARSUGUDA: The much-awaited direct flights from Jharsuguda to Mumbai and Bengaluru began working from Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) airport on Tuesday. Two Boeing flights will likely be run by SpiceJet 4 days every week. The flight will begin from Mumbai at 10.30 am and attain Jharsuguda at 12.30 pm on Tuesdays. It will go away Jharsuguda at 1 pm and land at Bengaluru at 3.10 pm.
Similarly, the flight will begin from Bengaluru at 3.45 pm the identical day and attain Jharsuguda at 5.40 pm. It will depart from Jharsuguda at 6.10 pm and attain Mumbai at 8.35 pm. On Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, the flight will depart from Mumbai at 9 am and attain VSS airport at 11.10 am. It will go away Jharsuguda at 11.40 pm and attain Bengaluru at 1.50 pm.
Similarly, the flight will go away Bengaluru at 2.30 pm and land at Jharsuguda at 4.40 pm. It will once more go away Jharsuguda at 5.10 pm and attain Mumbai at 7.30 pm. The airport authorities have issued the timetable on this regard.Health Minister and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das, who was current on the event, knowledgeable that the State authorities has agreed to supply Rs 100 crore for growth of VSS airport. Besides, 155.30 acre of land has been earmarked for the aerodrome.
Apart from Odisha, residents of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand will profit from the direct air service to each these cities. The VSS airport already has direct flights to Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Raipur and Bhubaneswar. Among others, Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari, his Sundargarh counterpart Jual Oram, Sambalpur MP Nitish Gangadeb, Brajrajnagar MLA Kishore Mohanty, VSS Airport director Kishore Kumar Senapati, Jharsuguda Collector Saroj Samal and SP Bikash Chandra Das have been current.
