Bhubaneswar: Direct flight services from two airports in Odisha to more cities will be launched in the first week of January, 2025.
In a post in his official handle on X on Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the direct flight services from Veer Surendra Sai Airport at Jharsuguda to Hyderabad, Raipur, Lucknow and Mumbai would be launched on January 1.
Similarly, the direct flight services from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar to Indore, Dehradun, Kochi, Jaipur and Lucknow would commence on January 3, it added.
With direct flights to these places being demanded for a long time, the facility would prove beneficial for economic growth of the state, the chief minister said in the post.