Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited flight services from the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha to Mumbai and Bengaluru will commence from January 12, informed the State Commerce & Transport Department in a tweet yesterday.

SpiceJet, country's low-cost airline, will operate the services connecting Mumbai-Jharsuguda-Bengaluru from the scheduled date.

The SpiceJet Boeing 737 will fly on this route, source said.

The flight services between Mumbai-Jharsuguda-Bengaluru will be available for 4 days -- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday -- in a week.