Maiden flight takes off from Veer Surendra Sai Airport Jharsuguda
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The first flight took off minutes after inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the regional air connectivity scheme
UDAN (Udega Desh ka Aam Nagrik).
Maiden flight takes off from Veer Surendra Sai Airport Jharsuguda with Carrying divyang kids. Air Odisha launched flight service to Raipur from the newly inaugurated Jharsuguda airport, which was named as the Veer Surendra Sai Airport today.
The debut flight Carrying 10 passengers including four divyang children and three crew members. The crew members includes one pilot, one assistant pilot and one flight attendant. The 40-minute maiden flight took off from the airport at 1.30 pm. The first flight took off minutes after inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Udega Desh ka Aam Nagrik).
The divyang passengers will stay in Raipur for a couple of days. The flight will depart for Bhubaneswar from Raipur today. The flight services from Jharsuguda will be operated six days in a week excluding Sunday. The regular schedule for flight operation will commence from September 24.
The flight schedule is approved by the DGCA & flight number 6X 201 will depart at 7.00 am from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar and land at the VSS Airport in Jharsuguda at 7.55 am. The operation of the flight will be six days in a week.
In the same manner flight 6X 203 between Jharsuguda to Raipur will fly at 8.15 am from the VSS Airport and land at 9.20 am in Raipur. The Air Odisha flight 6X 204 will leave for Jharsuguda from Raipur at 2.00 pm and reach the destination at 2.55 pm. The departure of 6X 209 Jharsuguda-Ranchi flight will be 3.15 pm and arrival time at Ranchi will be 4.00 pm.
The flight number 6X 210 will take off from Ranchi at 4.30 pm and will arrive at Jharsuguda 5.20 pm. The Air Odisha flight 6X 202 will leave at 5.40 pm and reach Bhubaneswar at 6.40 pm.
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