[Watch] Odisha CM Flags Off Maiden IndiaOne Air Flight, Water Canon Salute At Jeypore Airport

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday flagged off the much-awaited Bhubaneswar-Jeypore direct flight under the UDAN scheme at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here at 10.30 am.

The flight will depart from Bhubaneswar airport at 11.35 am daily and reach Jeypore at 1.20 pm. The return flight will take off from Jeypore airport at 4.05 pm and arrive at Bhubaneswar airport at 5.50 pm.

A water canon salute was accorded to the flight by Odisha Fire Service on its arrival at Jeypore airport.

The service will be available six days a week and only one flight will fly every day carrying nine passengers. The ticket fare per passenger will be Rs 2,500, said sources.

Ahmedabad-based IndiaOne Air, which is operating flight operations from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore, had announced an introductory offer of Rs 999 till November 9.

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Notably, Jeypore Airport was granted a licence for airport operations by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) under Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) on October 20. The flight service will bring down the 12-hour journey between Bhubaneswar and Jeypor by road to 1 hour and 45 minutes.

The airstrip was constructed in 1962 along with the establishment of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory nearby Sunabeda. In the 1980s, Vayudoot operated a daily Bhubaneswar-bound flight via Visakhapatnam. It was upgraded into an airport under the UDAN scheme in 2017.