Bhubaneswar: The swanky new domestic terminal at the Bhubaneswar airport formally started operations with the landing of an Air India flight from New Delhi this morning.
“All domestic operations at the Biju Patnaik international airport have been shifted to the new terminal from today. The new terminal will exclusively cater to domestic air services,” said Sharad Kumar, director- Airports Authority of India (AAI)-Bhubaneswar.
The existing terminal at the airport will soon be upgraded for international operations, he said.
The state-of-the-art terminal inaugurated on March 5 by civil aviation minister, Ajit Singh is built at a cost of Rs 145 crore. The terminal had a trial run earlier in November last year with the landing of Air India flight- AI 9604 from Port Blair carrying about 20 passengers. Equipped with two aerobridges, four elevators and a couple of escalators, the terminal has a passenger seating capacity of 600.
14/03/13 Business Standard
