Jharsuguda airport will bring western Odisha on the aviation map of India. * The airport will facilitate regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme. * The airport had received a category-B ...

BHUBANESWAR: The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to upgrade the Jharsuguda air strip into a full-fledged airport, which will benefit the people of western Odisha as well as the ...

Besides Jharsuguda, the other airports in the region (western Odisha) include Rourkela and Sambalpur. The development of the airport, according to reports, will be done in two phases. In the first ...

"I am sure in times to come Jharsuguda airport will acquire a key position in the aviation map of the country, paving the way for faster development of the state and the nation as a whole." ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the much-awaited Jharsuguda airport under the regional air connectivity scheme Udega Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) here on Saturday. The airport was named ...

(PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has requested the Centre to name the upcoming airport at Jharsuguda district, in the western part of the state, after eminent freedom fighter Veer ...

Last year in April, all flights from the Jharsuguda airport to other parts of the country were cancelled after the nationwide lockdown; however, some flights resumed operations during May.

BHUBANESWAR: As suspension of UDAN flight operations from newly-developed Jharsuguda Airport has triggered political slugfest, Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said there ...