Tag: Biju Patnaik Airport

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Gold worth Rs 9 lakh seized at Bhubaneswar airport

Bhubaneswar: There seems no end to recovery of smuggled gold at Biju Patnaik International Airport after gold weighing 295 grams worth Rs 9 lakh was seized from a passenger at the airport today. The precious metal was recovered from an Indian origin passenger who arrived at the airport form Bangkok today. Suspecting the movement of […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Indigo flight makes emergency landing after bird strike

Bhubaneswar: A Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Indigo flight (6E-314) had to make emergency landing shortly after take-off from Biju Patnaik International airport here due to a bird-hit. An owl struck the plane when it took off from the runway no 14 of the airport with 191 passengers on board at 06.29 pm on Sunday.  The plane had […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing at Bhubaneswar airport

Bhubaneswar: Thanks to the prompt response by the Air Traffic Control and terminal management of Biju Patnaik International airport, a passenger was provided immediate medical assistance after a SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing here on Tuesday. The SpiceJet flight on its way to Bagdogra from Chennai had to be diverted and made an emergency […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
SpiceJet to connect Bhubaneswar with Sharjah

Bhubaneswar: Good news for air travellers from Odisha as SpiceJet is going to start its flight operations to Sharjah and New Delhi shortly from Biju Patnaik International Airport here. The new International and domestic flight operations by SpiceJet has been welcomed by the air travellers as they were forced to either travel to Mumbai or […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Mumbai bound IndiGo flight grounded after bird hit

Bhubaneswar: A Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight was grounded after it suffered a bird hit shortly before landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) on Thursday morning.

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Stubborn monkey brought down from airport roof after 8-hr long exercise!

After a harrowing ordeal lasting nearly eight hours, forest officials from Nandankanan finally managed to bring a monkey, which had settled on the truss of the new terminal at the Biju Patnaik airport here, down

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Odisha to get direct international flight from March

Bhubaneswar: The people of Odisha will get a direct international flight from Bhubaneswar by the end of March. An MoU was signed today between the state government and Air Asia in presence of Odisha Chief Secretary A P Padhi and Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan for direct international flights to Kuala Lumpur. Earlier in January this […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Bhubaneswar airport to introduce surface movement system for traffic control, safety

Bhubaneswar: The authorities of Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar have decided to install a new system to ease traffic movement and ensure better monitoring at the airport. Airport director Suresh Chandra Hota on Wednesday informed that a new project named Airport Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (ASMGCS) will be very installed at the […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Customs officials foil gold smuggling bid at Bhubaneswar Airport

Bhubaneswar: Thwarting yet another attempt of gold smuggling through the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs seized gold worth Rs 21.89 lakh from a passenger who arrived at the Airport in an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Acting on a spot intelligence, the officials intercepted […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
Covid Resurgence: Odisha Issues Guidelines For Air Passengers, Check Details
Covid Resurgence: Odisha Issues Guidelines For Air Travellers, Check Details

The passengers deboarding at Bhubaneswar shall have to produce RTPCR negative report or Rapid Antigen test negative report which need to be obtained 48 hours prior to landing at Bhubaneswar

  • Monday, 31 May 2021
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Know the new parking charges at Bhubaneswar airport

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) authorities have implemented the new parking policy which brings into force a new set of guidelines for parking of vehicles inside the airport. Here’s a brief look at the new rules, which have come into effect from 1400 HRS on April 9, 2019. No charges will be applicable […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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Hyderabad-Guwahati Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Bhubaneswar Airport

Bhubaneswar: A Hyderabad-Guwahati flight made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar. As per reports, the plane had to make the emergency landing after one of the passengers on board allegedly created disturbance in the plane. It is said that the passenger is mentally unstable. The airport staff reportedly handed over […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Bhubaneswar Among 6 Airports Likely To Be Privatised As Ministry Seeks Cabinet Nod

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Undeterred by staff protests, the Civil Aviation Ministry would seek Cabinet approval for privatising half a dozen more airports by the first week of December. The six airports up for privatisation are Varanasi, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Trichy, Indore and Raipur. “The Airports Authority of India (AAI) board has approved the plan. We will seek […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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India-WI 3rd ODI: Players Of Both Teams To Reach Bhubaneswar Today

Bhubaneswar: After cruising to a series-leveling 107-run victory over West Indies at Visakhapatnam, the Indian Cricket Team is on its way to Bhubaneswar for the 3rd and final One Day International (ODI) at the historic Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The men in blue along with the West Indies team will be travelling in a special […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Air India Flight From Dubai To Bhubaneswar Carrying Stranded Odias
First Direct Flight From Dubai To Land In Bhubaneswar With Stranded Odias On May 14

Bhubaneswar: After the Centre gradually eased air travel restrictions imposed since March 24 to contain the spread of COVID-19, national carrier Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express embarked on repatriating stranded people under India’s ‘Vande Bharat’ evacuation mission. That which hadn’t been possible till now is finally going to happen in the times […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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