The Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, is likely to commence flight services from the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda to Kolkata from March 1, informed an official of the airport on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, a four-member team of the airline visited the airport and inspected its infrastructure, security system and passenger amenities.
Notably recently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had granted approval to the Alliance Air to operate flights from Jharsuguda to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Raipur.
The decision of the airline to provide services from the airport holds significance as flight operations at the airport were stopped around 15 days after its inauguration as the Air Odisha airline suspended its flight services. The airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 22 last year.
