Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri seeking his personal intervention for introduction of direct flight services between Bhubaneswar and Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In the letter, Pradhan has mentioned that there has been a steady growth in the number of foreign passengers, especially tourists and NRIs, ever since international operations commenced at the Bhubaneswar airport in 2015. There is a strong demand from the NRI Odia community and Odias working in the Middle East for a direct flight between Bhubaneswar and Ras-Al-Khaimah.
