Jamshedpur: Flights for Kolkata and Bhubneshwar from Jan 31

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Jamshedpur, Jan 13: City residents will be able to avail flight service to Kolkata and Bhubneshwar from Sonari Airport from 31st January.

Sources said the Civil Aviation Ministry has selected Jamshedpur for the regional connectivity scheme ‘Udan’. India One Air has been allotted flights on Jamshedpur-Kolkata route. The flight from Jamshedpur to Kolkata will take one hour and five minutes and it will cost Rs 2600 per passenger. The flight from Jamshedpur to Bhubneshwar will take one hour and 20 minutes. The air fare for this route is yet to be determined, sources said.

Sources further said that the airline company will fix the fare by itself as the flight on this route is not covered under Udaan scheme. There will be nine seats each for Kolkata and Bhubneshwar flights. In the flights from Jamshedpur to Kolkata, 70 per cent seats would be reserved under Udaan scheme and the fare for these seats would be fixed by the government which is Rs 2600 at present.

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12 COMMENTS

  1. Type of flights, capacity. Good initiatives atleast air connectivity started at Jamshedpur.

    Very unfortunate, Jamshedpur steel industry and small scale hub more than 120 years old legacy, Tata took over Indian Airlines on 8 October 2021, Air India, along with its low cost carrier Air India Express and fifty percent of AISATS, a ground handling company, were sold for ₹18,000 crore (US$2.3 billion) to Talace Private Limited, a Tata Sons’ SPV. On 27 January 2022, the airline was officially handed over to Tata Group.
    Why there is no a good standard airport.
    Orissa is 100 timed far better. Just teo decades back it was backward. How fast they developed in all areas. Best state run infrastructure in India. 100% good road at remote areas too. 90% literacy.💐💐💐

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