Patna: Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport will operate a total of 47 flights under its winter schedule from Oct 25, with the schedule continuing till March 27, 2027. Of these, six new flight services are scheduled to start after Oct 25, with additional connectivity to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh.The first new service will begin on Oct 26, when SpiceJet will start its Patna-Ahmedabad service. Flight SG-664/665 will arrive at Patna at 8.30pm and depart for Ahmedabad at 9.10pm. The service is scheduled to operate daily.SpiceJet will add another service from Nov 1, connecting Patna with Bengaluru. Flight SG-672/673 will arrive at 1.35pm and depart at 2.15pm. Another flight to Mumbai will begin on Nov 7. Flight SG-674/675 will arrive at Patna at 6.30pm and depart for Mumbai at 7.20pm.Another SpiceJet flight will be added on the Patna-Hyderabad route from Nov 20. Flight SG-689/690 will reach Patna at 8.10am and take off for Hyderabad at 8.55am.IndiGo will add a Chandigarh service from Dec 16, with flight 6E-6394/6485 arriving at Patna at 12.30pm and departing for Chandigarh at 1.05pm. According to the schedule, the service will operate daily till Jan 30, 2027.The winter schedule will see flight operations at Patna airport start with the first arrival at 1.40am. IndiGo flight 6E-653/126 from Pune will arrive in Patna at 1.40am and depart for Pune at 2.45am. The last arrival will be IndiGo flight 6E-6161/6258 from Bengaluru at 11.45pm, which will depart for Bengaluru at 12.20am.The airport officials said that there may be some changes in the winter schedule by the airlines.The schedule will provide connectivity to 14 destinations, with Delhi (14) having the highest number of flights, followed by Bengaluru (7), Hyderabad (5), Kolkata (4), Mumbai (4), Chandigarh (3), Pune (2), Ahmedabad (2). Patna will also have one flight each to Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chennai, Lucknow, Ranchi and Navi Mumbai.IndiGo will operate a maximum of 29 flights, followed by seven by SpiceJet, six by Air India Express, Air India (3) and one flight of Alliance Air.The city airport is presently handling 39-40 arrivals and 39-40 departures, with the passenger footfall ranging between 10,000 and 12,000 per day.
