Bhubaneswar: Good news for KBK region as flight services will soon commence from the tribal-dominated Koraput district in Odisha with Jeypore Airport being granted licence for airport operations under Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN).
This will help boost tourism and development of this tribal region, the Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted on Thursday.
Retweeting the post, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee wrote: I’m so happy to see the License come through. Kudos to team #Odisha & @AAI_Official! Wish to see the #UDAN flights fly to Jeypore soonest. #Koraput, the tribal heartland, is so dear a place to me.”
Notably, a 3-member team from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which visited Jeypore airstrip in July, had raised some issues relating to safety and security of the runway and sought early compliance by the district administration before according final permission for flight operations.
In September, the state’s Commerce and Transport department said that the airport is ready and an airline is also keen to begin flight operations once the requisite license is obtained for the purpose.
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