Bhubaneswar: Flights at the Biju Patnaik International Airport will be rescheduled from this November as recarpeting work of the runway to be carried out in phases.
Similarly, operation of day time flights will also be discontinued for three months starting from April next year.
There will be no night flights at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) for five months from November 1 due to the mandatory recarpeting work of runway, which is done every 10 years. The re-carpeting of the runway was last taken up at Biju Patnaik airport in 2007.
Arrival of 20 Flights will be affected
We are planning for runway re-carpeting with effect from November 1 to March 31, in the first phase. We have requested the DGCA for permission. There will be closure during this period in the night and airlines have to reschedule. In the first phase, from November to March, operations will be suspended from 10 pm to 5:30 am. In the second phase, April through June, operations will be suspended in the daytime from 10:30 am to 6 PM. The re-carpeting proposal has been approved by DGCA. Due to the scale of work and safety, we have decided to close the runway during night hours from November 1 said “Suresh Chandra Hota (Airport Director Biju Pattnaik Airport Bhubaneswar
