Rourkela: Alliance Air will start direct flight between Kolkata and Rourkela in Odisha from Tuesday (December 26).In October, the airline had added Kolkata to Rourkela via Bhubaneswar daily. With the commencement of this thrice-a-week (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday) direct service, the flight timing from Rourkela-Bhubaneswar and Bhubaneswar-Rourkela will also change.
According to sources, an ATR-72 Alliance Air flight will take off from Rourkela at 4.05 pm on December 26 and land in Kolkata at 5.35 pm. The Rourkela-Kolkata fare is Rs 1,999. On other days, it will depart from Rourkela at 3.50 pm and will arrive at Kolkata at 5.20 pm.
It will leave Kolkata at 11 am and arrive in Rourkela at 12.30 pm.
According to revised timing, the flight from Rourkela for Bhubaneswar will leave Rourkela at 12.55 pm and reach Bhubaneswar at 2 pm and will depart from Bhubaneswar at 2.30 pm and reach at Rourkela at 3.10 pm.This flight service was started before the Men’s World Cup hockey this year.
Alliance Air will also resume flight services between Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda from December 27 with one-way fare of Rs 1,999. It will be available four times a week.
