Prayagraj-Bhubaneswar & Bhopal flight services kicks off
PRAYAGRAJ, March 28 (HS): After introducing direct flight for several cities across the country, the air passengers of Prayagraj would be able to now fly directly to two more destinations from Sunday, which are Bhubaneshwar and Bhopal. The flights from the Civil Enclave of the Bamruali airport started from Sunday.
IndiGo airlines have started air connectivity for these two cities from Sunday. Phulpur MP, Keshri Devi Patel and Mayor Abhilasha Gupta handed over the boarding passes to passengers. As per the flight schedule, direct air service started from March 28 for Bhopal and back to Prayagraj. Similarly, the direct flight from Bhubaneswar for Prayagraj also landed here on Sunday. The flight from Prayagraj to Bhubaneswar will start from March 29 onwards. According to Indigo Airlines officials, direct flight service to Dehradun is still in the proposal stage.
The IndiGo Airlines flights to Bhopal and Bhubaneswar would follow the following schedule. The flight from Bhopal to Prayagraj departed at 9.20 am from Bhopal and reached Prayagraj at 10.55 am. On its return flight, the flight from Prayagraj to Bhopal took off at 11.55 am and reached Bhopal at 12.55 pm.
In the same sequence, the first direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Prayagraj took off from the capital of Odisha at 7.55am on March 28 and after 2 hours 15 minutes, it reached Prayagraj at 10.05 am. From March 29, a direct flight to Bhubaneswar will leave at 10.30 am.
IndiGo Airlines assistant manager, Anubhav Bhattacharya said that the flight to Dehradun is not yet starting as the clearance has not been received but the service will be started soon. He added that the airlines received 40% occupancy in the maiden flight for the two cities i.e. Bhubaneswar and Bhopal.
Presently, the Prayagraj city has direct air-connectivity with eight major cities of the country, including Delhi (two different operators, seven days a week), Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Gorakhpur, Raipur, Bilaspur and Kolkata.
