Biju Patnaik International Airport Director Sharad Kumar on Tuesday said some international airlines would operate direct flights from the city airport to international locations Kuala lumpur and Singapore, to begin with, by April-end.
Kumar told a TV channel, “We expect international flights will start to Kuala lumpur and Singapore this summer.” The new flights would be available three or four days a week, he said.
However, Kumar declined to share the names of the international airlines which are going to start flight services from the airport.
He said, “It would not be proper to name the airlines as they avoid speculation in the media as per their policy. We have to wait till the airlines make the announcement. The schedule will be ready by April-end.”
Bringing further cheer to flyers, Kumar said, “The Indigo Airlines wants to introduce four new flights from the city airport by June-end.” He observed, “More flights mean availability of more seats which in turn will bring down ticket rates. Passengers will get a plane ticket at the rate of a second class AC seat in trains.”
Earlier, the airport was only operating feeder flights that connected with flights to locations abroad in either Delhi or Mumbai.