Tag: Biju Patnaik International Airport

Bhubaneswar: Plans of several air travellers from Odisha could get affected as flight operations from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar is likely to be partially suspended for eight long months. The flight services are likely to be rescheduled as the re-carpeting work of the airport’s runway will be taken up from November. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA)’s Director Suresh Chandra Hota today informed that the scheduled partial shutdown in the airport in view of the first phase runway maintenance works between November, 2019 and June, 2020 may not affect flight services much in the airport. “As per the existing timing of the flights, as many as […]

Bhubaneswar: Good news for air travellers as AirAsia will start four new domestic flights from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar. As per airport authorities, AirAsia will launch 2 new flights from Bhubaneswar to Bengaluru from October 27. Moreover, the airliner will operate two flights from Bhubaneswar airport to Hyderabad and Kolkata. “The air […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The partial shutdown of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) at Bhubaneswar for re-carpeting of its runway which was scheduled to begin from today i.e 1st November 2019 has been postponed for a month. Director of BPIA Suresh Chandra Hota informed that the partial closure of the airport will take effect from 1st of December […]

Bhubaneswar: The re-carpeting work of runway at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar will commence in February, 2020, informed airport director VV Rao on Monday. A new coating of the runway to smoothen its surface will be undertaken from the first week of February 2020. It will to take around eight to 10 months […]

Bhubaneswar: The officials of Air Intelligence and Customs seized 215 grams of gold estimated to be worth Rs 8.91 lakh from a passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). According to reports, the gold was recovered from an Indian origin passenger from Madurai who had arrived at BPIA in AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur on […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Tuesday directed Dilip Constructions Pvt Ltd to pay an interim compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh to the family of Antaryami Guru, an electrician-cum-worker who was killed after the roof of the under-construction building at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar collapsed. The Commission has also directed the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to cater to the needs of pilgrims, tourists, students, businessmen and traders, Alliance Air on Friday started daily flight operations from Odisha to Varanasi under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS-UDAN). Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India has deployed its 70 seater ATR 72 600 aircraft which will operate from […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as uncertainty prevails whether the nation-wide lockdown will end on May 3 or get extended, Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar is preparing itself for resumption of operations after getting necessary approvals from the Centre. Bhubaneswar Airport Director V V Rao today informed that the resumption of flight services (domestic and international) is […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of resumption of the much-awaited domestic passenger flight services, Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar is all set to make passenger management ‘touch free’ as a precautionary measure to keep COVID-19 at bay. BPIA director, VV Rao informed that a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is ready and they are waiting for […]

Bhubaneswar: After a hiatus of almost two months, domestic flight operations commenced in over 60 airports across India, including in Odisha today. The services started after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced last week to reopen Indian airspace for all domestic airlines. The flight operations in India recommenced with the departure of a […]

Bhubaneswar: The re-carpeting work of the runway at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) is yet to commence even though domestic flight operations resumed after a gap of two months. As per reports, the re-carpeting work which was slated to begin at the airport from November last year in two phases could not be taken up […]

Bhubaneswar: The construction work of the ‘collapsed’ link building of Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar finally resumed after some 7-odd months following grant of permission by the court. The concerned firm has recommenced construction work after a detailed probe in this regard. The incident which happened on the night of January 24 had left […]

Bhubaneswar: About 400 grams of gold worth over Rs 20 lakh was seized from a passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Friday. The gold was seized from a passenger identified as A Jainulabdeen, who was travelling to Chennai by flight No. 6E 209 at 3.33 pm today. As per sources, the passenger […]