{"id":8,"date":"2007-05-20T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2007-05-20T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissawatch.org\/Infra\/?p=8"},"modified":"2007-11-16T01:33:44","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T05:33:44","slug":"airports-and-air-connectivity-in-orissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/8","title":{"rendered":"Airports and air connectivity in Orissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of today, Orissa has only one airport with commercial flights. That airport is in Bhubaneswar. Following is copied from my site &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/orissalinks.googlepages.com\/airportsandairconnectivityinorissa\">Orissalinks: Airports and air connectivity in Orissa<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bhubaneswar: <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/indian-airlines.nic.in\/\">Indian<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/203.94.240.226\/iaschedule\/iaschedule.xls\">schedule<\/a>: daily flights to\/from Kolkata [direct], Mumbai [Mumbai-Raipur-BBSR-Mumbai], Delhi [direct],  <a href=\"http:\/\/orissalinks1.googlepages.com\/20070224allianceranchiDelhi.pdf\">Delhi-Ranchi-BBSR-Delhi<\/a>, Bangalore [via-Chennai], and Chennai [direct], plus twice a week direct flight to-from Bangalore)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airsahara.net\/s2v1\/\">Air Sahara<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.airsahara.net\/s2v1\/AboutUs\/network.aspx?id=5\">network<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airsahara.net\/s2v1\/Downloads\/FlightSchedule\/AirSaharaFlightSchedule_16Jan2007.pdf\">schedule<\/a>: direct daily flights to\/from Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi) &#8211; the Kolkata flight is no longer there in the current schedule, <strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyairdeccan.net\/AirDeccan.htm\">Air Deccan<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/airdeccan.booksecure.net\/FlightSchedule.aspx\">schedule<\/a>: two daily direct flights between BBSR and Kolkata and  daily flights between BBSR and Delhi, BBSR and Mumbai, BBSR and Visakhapatnam, BBSR and Hyderabad, BBSR and Chennai and BBSR and Bangalore (via Chennai).  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1070218\/asp\/frontpage\/story_7405841.asp\">A flight between Ranchi and BBSR is also in the offing<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flykingfisher.com\/\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Kingfisher<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flykingfisher.com\/schedule1.htm\">schedule<\/a>: daily flights to Hyderabad and Delhi [via Hyderabad])<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wonder air chopper service<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/iits.11thplan.googlepages.com\/20070201pioneerbbsrkeonjharbarbil.pdf\">chopper flights from Bhubaneswar to Keonjhar and on to Barbil<\/a> from Feb 9th 2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/\"><strong>Spicejet<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/bhubaneswar_tourism.asp\">coming<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicejet.com\/airports.asp?SID=A18cd9526e6bda5a2f5d62b900a3815db635f6c586&amp;logged_in=\">soon<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/book.goindigo.in\/\"><strong>Indigo<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1070106\/asp\/calcutta\/story_7224285.asp\">coming soon<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cities connected directly <\/strong>(non-stop or reachable with one-stop but without changing planes)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Delhi<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[3+2]<\/font> (Indian: daily, Indian\/Alliance Air: daily, Delhi-Ranchi-BBSR-Delhi, Air Sahara: daily,  Kingfisher: daily via Hyderabad, Air Deccan: daily)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Kolkata<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[3]<\/font> (Indian: daily, Air Sahara: no more, Air Deccan: twice daily)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Hyderabad<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[3]<\/font> (Air Sahara: daily, Kingfisher: daily, Air Deccan: daily)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Mumbai<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[1+1]<\/font> (Indian: daily, Mumbai-Raipur-BBSR-Mumbai; Air Deccan: daily)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Chennai<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[2]<\/font> (Indian: daily, Air Deccan: daily)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Bangalore<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[.3+2]<\/font> (Indian: daily via Chennai, Indian: 2\/week direct, Air Deccan: daily via Chennai)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visakhapatnam<\/strong> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[1]<\/font> (Air Deccan: daily)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ranchi <\/strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">[1,0] <\/font>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/1070218\/asp\/frontpage\/story_7405841.asp\">Air Deccan : in cards, details awaited<\/a>, Indian\/Alliance Air: <a href=\"http:\/\/orissalinks1.googlepages.com\/20070224allianceranchiDelhi.pdf\">Delhi-Ranchi-BBSR-Delhi)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Raipur<\/span> <font color=\"#ff0000\">[1,0]<\/font> (Mumbai-Raipur-BBSR-Mumbai)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keonjhar<\/strong>, Orissa (wonder air, chopper service from Feb 9th 2007)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbil<\/strong>, Orissa (wonder air, chopper service from Feb 9th 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orissalinks.googlepages.com\/bbsr-2007-02-15.JPG\/bbsr-2007-02-15-full.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 0px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; background-color: transparent\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/orissalinks.googlepages.com\/bbsr-2007-02-15.JPG\/bbsr-2007-02-15-medium.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 0px\" galleryimg=\"no\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More connectivity (planned connections):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetairways.com\/\">Jet Airways<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetairways.com\/MSIB21\/PopUp\/RouteMapPopup.aspx#\">network<\/a>): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newindpress.com\/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20061127010913&amp;Page=Q&amp;Title=ORISSA&amp;Topic=0\">indications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airindia.com\/\">Air India<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baral.us\/orissa\/pdf\/2006-march25-newindexp-airindia.pdf\">AirIndia flights from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok or Malaysia in Winter 2006?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goair.in\/\">GoAir<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goair.in\/include\/flight_shedules.asp\">schedule<\/a>): <a href=\"http:\/\/inhome.rediff.com\/money\/2006\/jan\/16goair.htm\">has plans for Bhubaneswar<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Airlines with no existing plans for BBSR: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paramountairways.com\/index.html\">Paramount<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"style3\">New Indian budget airlines expected to launch during 2007<\/span>: <font color=\"#0000ff\">AirOne Feeder Airline<\/font> (based in Bangalore); <font color=\"#0000ff\">Magic Air<\/font>; <font color=\"#0000ff\">Indus Air<\/font>;<font color=\"#0000ff\"> Easy Air; <\/font>and<font color=\"#0000ff\"> Star Air. (<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/1506639.cms\">more information<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity wishlist (Oct 26, 2006)\n<ul>\n<li>BBSR-Rourkela<\/li>\n<li>More BBSR-Bangalore (on the way to Goa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>BBSR-Pune (on the way to Mumbai)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Jaipur (on the way to Delhi)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Goa (with stop over in Bangalore)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Varanasi  (on the way to Srinagar\/Delhi\/Chandigarh)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Kochi (with stop over in Chennai)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Guwahati (with stop over in Kolkata)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-Bangkok\/Kuala Lumpur\/Seoul  (Delhi\/Mumbai-BBSR-Bangkok\/KL\/Seoul)<\/li>\n<li>BBSR-London (Kolkata-BBSR-London)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Airport plans: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baral.us\/orissa\/pdf\/2005-oct21-asianage.pdf\">[Oct22-05-priority-BBSR-Shillong-Dimapur-Nagpur]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Editor&#8217;s comment, Sept 20&#8217;05: The private colleges in Orissa should get together with Infosys, Satyam etc. to establish free public wi-fi in Bhubaneswar airport and Bhubaneswar railway station. At this point, it might be a first for the country. It will distinguish Bhubaneswar, generate a lot of publicity, with software companies and airline companies taking notice of it.<\/li>\n<li>Cities connected (direct or with a stopover), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swosti.com\/swosti.php?pageid=73\">timings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rourkela: There is an airport to which Indian Airlines used to fly. Service to it needs to be reintroduced as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Plans to develop Jharsuguda airstrip to a full-fledged airport: [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orissasambad.com\/english\/localnews.asp?Fs=2257\">1<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Sites for flight news with respect to India: <a href=\"http:\/\/avindia.blogspot.com\/\">Aviation India<\/a>;  <a href=\"http:\/\/indianaerodef.wordpress.com\/\">Indian A&amp;D<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A site for flight tickets: <a href=\"http:\/\/cleartrip.com\/\">http:\/\/cleartrip.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of today, Orissa has only one airport with commercial flights. That airport is in Bhubaneswar. Following is copied from my site &#8220;Orissalinks: Airports and air connectivity in Orissa.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[535,534,540,37,546,549,545,552,548,547,551,550,541,537,536,542,7,538,544,543,539],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-deccan","category-air-indiaindian","category-airports","category-airports-and-air-connectivity-in-orissa","category-bbsr-bangalore","category-bbsr-chennai","category-bbsr-delhi","category-bbsr-hyderabad","category-bbsr-kolkata","category-bbsr-mumbai","category-bbsr-raipur","category-bbsr-vizag","category-bhubaneswar-airport","category-indigo","category-jetlite","category-jharsuguda","category-district-khordha","category-kingfisher","category-others-2","category-rourkela","category-sky-airways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}