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    Biju Patnaik International Airport is located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and is the sole international airport in the state. It is named after Biju Patnaik, a former Chief Minister of Odisha and aviator. In 2013, a new domestic terminal was opened and the existing terminal was refurbished to support impending international operations, with the airport being granted international status later that year.

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    Biju Patnaik International Airport is located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and is the sole international airport in the state. It is named after Biju Patnaik, a former Chief Minister of Odisha and aviator. In 2013, a new domestic terminal was opened and the existing terminal was refurbished to support impending international operations, with the airport being granted international status later that year.

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    BIJU PATNAIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BHUBANESHWAR

    Biju Patnaik International Airport (IATA: BBI, ICAO: VEBS), also known as Bhubaneswar Airport, is situated
    in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It is the sole international airport in the state. It is named after
    the former Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik, who was also a famed aviator and freedom fighter. As
    of 2013, Bhubaneswar was ranked the 17th busiest airport in India by the Airports Authority of India (AAI)
    registering a 1.82% traffic growth over the previous year.

    On 5 March 2013, a new terminal (T1) was inaugurated by Minister of Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh. The
    terminal caters to all domestic flights while the older terminal (T2) has been refurbished to support
    impending international operations. The Government of India accorded international status to the airport
    on 30 October 2013.

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