The Air India would launch its service between Bhubaneswar and Varanasi from November 8. The service would be available four times in a week. As per schedule, the Air India flight would leave Varanasi at 12.30 pm and land at the Biju Patnaik International Airport at 2 pm. It would leave for Varanasi at2.45 pm from the city airport and reach Varanasi at 4.45 pm.
At present, there is no direct flight to Varanasi.
All the modalities have been finalised in this regard at the city airport.
Currently, 20 domestic flights operate from here. These include seven daily flights each to Kolkata and Delhi, one daily flight each to Port Blaire and Bangalore and two daily flights each to Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. There is another Port Blaire flight that flies twice a week.
The direct air connectivity between Bhubaneswar and Varanasi would attract more tourists to Odisha.