Bhubaneswar: Air India will launch a direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Surat from January 1, 2020, BJP leader and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi tweeted on Thursday.
The flight will operate three days a week, she added.
Sarangi said she and Surat MP Darshana Jardosh had met Union Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh on July 22 and requested him to start a direct flight between Surat and Bhubaneswar.
Today, I’m delighted that my request to Civil Aviation Ministry to commence a direct AI flight between Bhubaneswar and Surat is granted.Will start from 1st January, 2020 ( three days a week). Our Odia friends in Surat were wanting this.
Grateful to @narendramodi @HardeepSPuri https://t.co/8JsFpo9UAV— Aparajita Sarangi (@AprajitaSarangi) October 10, 2019
The MP also thanked the Prime Minister and Union Civil Aviation Minister for granting her request to commence the flight.
