{"id":4103,"date":"2010-09-30T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2011-02-17T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T15:18:40","slug":"civil-aviation-ministry-responds-negatively-to-odishas-request-to-make-bhubaneswar-airport-an-international-airport-article-from-sambada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/4103","title":{"rendered":"Civil Aviation Ministry responds negatively to Odisha’s request to make Bhubaneswar airport an international airport and is in deadlock with respect to the Jharsuguda airport: article from Sambada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My position is that the ministry is most welcome to make Vizag an international airport; but it should not deprive Bhubaneswar the same. Since the above article pokes holes on Bhubaneswar’s claims for international designation and explicitly mentions Vizag, hence my following attemp to compare the two in terms of daily non-stop flight connectivity<\/u>. I used http:\/\/www.cleartrip.com<\/a> and used the dates of 18th and 26th Novmeber. (This is an initial attempt. If I missed something please let me know.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nBhubaneswar<\/td>\nVisakhapatnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delhi<\/td>\nFIVE: 5 daily non-stop flights (Indigo – 2, Kinfisher Red -2*, Air India<\/span>)<\/td>\nTWO: 2 daily non-stop flights (Jet Konnect, Air India<\/span>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mumbai<\/td>\nTwo: 2 daily non-stop (Kingfisher Red, Air India<\/span>)<\/td>\nZero non-stop flights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kolkata<\/td>\nFOUR: 4 daily non-stop flights (Kingfisher Red – 2, Jet Konnect – 2)<\/td>\nONE: 1 daily non-stop flight (Jet Konnect)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chennai<\/td>\nONE: 1 daily non-stop flight (Air India<\/span>)<\/td>\nTHREE: 3 daily non-stop flights (Kingfisher Red, Air India<\/span>, Jet Konnect)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyderabad<\/td>\nTWO: 2 daily non-stop flights (Indigo)<\/td>\nSIX: 6 daily non-stop flights (Jet Konnect, Spice Jet 2, Kingfisher Red 2,  Air India<\/span>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangalore<\/td>\nONE: 1 daily non-stop (Kingfisher Red)<\/td>\nZERO: No daily non-stop flight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total metro connectivity<\/strong><\/td>\n15 daily non-stop <\/strong>(only three are by Air India<\/span>; rest are by private airlines)<\/td>\n12 daily non-stop <\/strong>(only three are by Air India<\/span>; rest are by private airlines)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Others<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Airlines operating now<\/td>\nAir India, Indigo, Jet Konnect, Kingfisher Red<\/td>\nAir India, Jet Konnect, Kingfisher Red, Spicejet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* The Kingfisher Delhi-Bhubaneswar flights are canceled for now, in November they show twice a day and in some December dates they show once a day. Its exact schedule is at http:\/\/www.flykingfisher.com\/Flex\/schedules.pdf<\/a>. There it shows the following:<\/p>\n

Delhi (DEL) IT 3346 19:30 21:25 320 0 03 Oct 2010 24 Oct 2010 7 Kingfisher Red Service
\nDelhi (DEL) IT 3346 20:30 22:40 320 0 31 Oct 2010 22 Mar 2011<\/span> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Kingfisher Red Service
\nDelhi (DEL) IT 3350 09:10 11:20 320 0 31 Oct 2010 22 Mar 2011<\/span> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Kingfisher Red Service<\/p>\n

Bhubaneswar (BBI) IT 3345 17:05 19:00 320 0 03 Oct 2010 24 Oct 2010 7 Kingfisher Red Service
\nBhubaneswar (BBI) IT 3345 17:45 19:55 320 0 31 Oct 2010 22 Mar 2011<\/span> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Kingfisher Red Service
\nBhubaneswar (BBI) IT 3349 06:30 08:40 320 0 31 Oct 2010 22 Mar 2011<\/span> 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Kingfisher Red Service<\/p>\n

That is it will have twice daily flights between Bhubaneswar and Delhi.<\/p>\n

Some other comparative numbers:<\/p>\n