BHUBANESWAR: Seven months after its much-hyped start, Air India suspended its operations from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok and from the City to Bengaluru with immediate effect from Monday.
The maiden flight was flagged off by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on December 10, 2017. Director, BPIA, Suresh Chandra Hota informed that Air India has suspended its operations between Bhubaneswar and Bangkok and the City and Bengaluru over ‘operational’ reasons, and the carrier has not informed when it will resume these two services in the Capital.
“We have suspended the flights temporarily due to operational reasons. However, we will resume the services between Bhubaneswar and Bangkok, and Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru in a couple of months, possibly by October,” an Air India spokesperson told The Express. The official, however, did not specify what were the reasons.
Air India flight, a 162-seater Airbus 320 neo aircraft, was operating between Bhubaneswar and Bangkok every week on Thursday and Sunday. The cost for to and fro journey from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok was fixed at `12,500 on a promotional basis till February 28. The national carrier had also flagged off a direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Bengaluru on December 10, 2017, which also has been temporarily suspended.