BHUBANESWAR/JHARSUGUDA: Industrial town Jharsuguda may soon find its place in the aviation map of India as flight service from the newly built Veer Surendra Sai Airport here is expected to resume from March 1.
Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, may commence its flight services from the airport to Kolkata from March 1. Ahead of its planned operations, a four-member team of the airline visited the airport on Tuesday to take stock of security measures, infrastructure facilities and passenger amenities.
Though the officials of Alliance Air are yet to confirm about the exact date of commencement of flight operations from Jharsuguda, airport authorities said the airline has proposed a tentative date of March 1 for launching its services.