Rourkela-Kolkata flight from January 2011: Dharitri
Jharsuguda, Jharsugurha, Jharsugurha- Brajarajnagar- Belpahar, Rourkela, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sundergarh November 22nd. 2010, 9:44pmFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
A private airline today submitted a proposal to the state government to start a daily air service between Rourkela and Calcutta. The company initially proposes to operate an 18-seater aircraft.
The company, which has done a preliminary survey, intends to use the airstrip of Rourkela steel plant but it has urged the government to provide another 64 acres to develop the airstrip. In the second phase, it plans to start anther flight from Rourkela to Bhubaneswar via Jharsuguda. The proposal is under consideration, said sources. Representatives of the airline met the chief secretary Bijay Patnaik and submitted their proposal today.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:30 pm
This is really gr8 news. Hope the air connectivity inside Odisha gets more better and people enjoy the comfortable ride. The more important thing is to get international connectivity to Bhubaneswar.
Thanks
Ranjan
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Gud news
But this service is chartered one and was planned long ago. The fare on Jamshedpur-Kolkata route is INR 4000 hence obviously the fare on Rourkela-Kolkata will be more than 5000.
However to attract more passengers regular service planes like Kingfisher Red and MDLR should be pushed. Rs-1500 to 2500 should be the optimum range
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:14 am
hi good
January 14th, 2011 at 10:46 am
please publish a news for rourkela railway divison