PATNA: Malaysian budget airline AirAsia is most likely to start its flight operations from Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport here in July. It will operate two flights on Delhi-Patna-Delhi route from July following a final nod from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).In fact, different airlines have made proposals to operate total 32 flights from Patna airport under the summer schedule. Twenty flights operate from Patna airport at present under the winter schedule, which is likely to end by February 15.Patna airport director Rajendra Singh Lahauria told TOI on Friday, "AirAsia has submitted a schedule to the DGCA for operating two flights between Delhi and Patna from July. Its seven flights would operate on Patna-Delhi route.GoAir has also proposed to increase the number of flights from Patna from five to eight. Altogether 26 flights were operating from the city airport last summer.The rise in number of flights has been attributed to the increase in passenger traffic.

Source: Times of India January 27, 2017 20:26 UTC