A meeting of the Airports Advisory Committee (AAC) was held under the chairmanship of MP Prasanna Patsani, State Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Friday.
The committee wanted that airlines should explore for connectivity to the new destinations and direct international flights from Bhubaneswar connecting Buddhist tourist destinations.
Ex-officio members comprising the representatives from various departments like Odisha Tourism, the IPICOl, the CISF, the Air India, the Indigo, the Go Air, the Vistara, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and the people from social, cultural and welfare group attended the meet.
Airport Director Sharad Kumar explained about the present airport traffic, passenger facilitations, various development works and passenger facilities under planning.