Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has always laid emphasis on transforming and developing each corner of Odisha. Thanks to his initiative now Jeypore is connected with Capital City of Bhubaneswar by airservie.
In order to enhance regional air connectivity within the State and beyond, State Government has developed the Jeypore Airstrip situated in Koraput District into a fully fledged commercial Airport under UDAN (Ude Desh ki Aam Naagrik).
Bishnupada Sethi, Principal Secretary Commerce & Transport and Manoj Kumar Mishra, Special Secretary Commerce & Transport worked relentlessly to fructify the vision of Chief Minister.
And now efforts of both the Top Mandarins has yielded results, said a senior officer in the Department of Commerce & Transport, team efforts always pays dividend and both Mr.Sethi and Mr. Mishra working with Team Spirit.
The UDAN scheme is a collaborated effort of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India and Airports Authority of India, official say.
The UDAN scheme was introduced by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India in consideration to the passenger traffic growth in regional areas and with an objective to provide affordable air connectivity and developing unserved/existing Airstrips into fully fledged commercial Airport.
As per the obligations under this scheme, State Government will provide land, Security & Fire personnel, electricity & water charges, supervising manpower and VGF (viable gap funding), etc.
It’s a matter of great pleasure to inform that, the Jeypore Airport has officially received its Aerodrome license for 2B category with day VFR operation from the Office of the Director General of Civil Aviation, New Delhi on 20 October 2022 and it will be the fourth Airport in the State to get license after Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda and Rourkela Airport.
Unlike the other Airports in the State, this will be a State owned Airport to be licensed for commercial flight operation.
Initially, the Jeypore city is now connected with Bhubaneswar and India One Air has launched service in the above route using a 9 seater scheduled airline on regular days with an introductory airfare of Rs. 999.
This reduces the travel time between the State Capital and Jeypore town to 1.5 hrs. An airport at Jeypore to connect the capital city was a much-needed aspiration to accelerate economic activity in the region.
The City has emerged as a trade centre of Southern Odisha having lots of manufacturing units. Besides it has very popular tourist spots & attractive places for visitors and various reputed institutions. There was a continuous demand for Airport.
