From June onwards, the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) will begin working direct flights to Abu Dhabi.
“Since its launch in Might 2023, the direct flights to Dubai are booked to capability and going by that development, one can count on the identical in case of Abu Dhabi flights as nicely,” BPIA director Prasanna Pradhan stated.
Direct connectivity to 2 Center East locations means it opens the gateway to Gulf international locations, the entire of Europe, North America and Canada with only one layover.
“The footfall in Bangkok and Singapore flights can also be spectacular. In worldwide in addition to home operations, BPIA is rising with new locations including up. Since 2022, many new cities have been linked with Bhubaneswar, thus increasing the home air site visitors as nicely,” Pradhan added.
Three extra home locations – Ghaziabad, Port Blair and Goa – will likely be linked to the capital metropolis from April, thus taking the full variety of home locations to twenty-eight. As soon as flights run for the three new locations, the airport’s complete departures in a day will rise to 56 and equal arrivals. The arrivals and departures embrace single locations having a number of flights, airport sources stated.
“The flight to Kuala Lumpur ought to resume because it was recording spectacular bookings. Additionally, the Dubai flight ought to be made a each day one. Connectivity to extra worldwide locations means extra enterprise, tourism, data sharing and alternatives in each discipline,” frequent flyer Sanjib Guru stated.
In 2024, BPIA registered a 26.9 per cent progress in passenger footfall, in comparison with 2023. The goal of attaining 5 million annual footfall in 2024 (calendar yr) was not potential as a result of between Oct and Dec, the footfall was virtually on par with that of 2023 within the corresponding interval, indicating a gradual progress. “In 2025, we will obtain the 5 million annual footfall goal with extra flights for abroad and home operations developing,” Pradhan added.
In 2022-23, town airport recorded 30,745 plane actions (scheduled operations), however in 2023-24, it went as much as 35,368 plane.
