Initiating steps to bring back the abandoned Dakota (VT-AUI) aircraft from Kolkata, the State Government has requested the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to give permission for handing over of the aircraft to the State at the soonest.
The Commerce and Transport Department wrote a letter in this regard on Tuesday.
The aircraft belonging to the erstwhile Biju Patnaik-founded Kalinga Airlines has been stationed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata since 1947.
As per the decision, the aircraft would be brought back and displayed at Bhubaneswar Airport as a befitting tribute to the legendary leader.
It may be noted that the Government had earlier planned to park the aircraft in front of Anand Bhavan in Cuttack for public view.
