More details on Sky Airways’ plan to fly to connect many Orissa towns
Airports and air connectivity, Jajpur, Jharsugurha, Keonjhar, Koraput, Rayagada, Sambalpur September 13th. 2007, 10:44pmFollowing up on the ad that appeared in Samaja, there have been several reports with more details. Following are excerpts from a New Indian Express report.
The airline will operate eight-seater aircraft from the Capital City to places like Barbil, Keonjhar, Jharsuguda, Jeypore, Sambalpur and Rayagada.
Ticket fare to Barbil would cost around Rs 5000 and to Jeypore Rs 7000. For corporate flyers and individuals buying to and fro tickets, a 40 percent discount can be availed of as an introductory offer.
General Manager (operations) Sumit Mukherjee said, those buying one-way ticket would also be given a 30 percent concession. Talking to mediapersons here, he said, the airline had already positioned one Islander BN2T turboprop aircraft capable of short takeoff and landing on these routes.
The travelling time would vary from 50 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Services would run on all days expect Sundays. A Bell 206 BIII helicopter with four seats would be introduced for charter service, he said. Sky Airways is a division of New Delhi-based GSI Pvt. Ltd and is headquartered in Kolkata.
… “We will introduce two aircraft to these places with a seating capacity for 19 passengers before the end of the current year.”
Another news item mentioned that they plan to fly from such towns to Kolkata in the future.
April 12th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
The flight route should be Bhubaneswar – Sambalpur – Jharsuguda – Rourkela – Kolkata – BHUBANESWAR. The fare must be drasticaly reduced. Then only it will be viable.
April 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am
It is a very goood initiation. Rourkela must be added.
-susanta
September 1st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Connecting Rourkela would be very helpful. Has Sky Airways started operations?