UDAN Flights

Anoop JR, Airport Director said that the state government is coordinating the land acquisition process for the expansion of the airport, after acquiring land, the runway expansion work will be started

Shell out just Rs 150 as base airfare and take a 50-minute flight from Lilabari to Tezpur. Not just this route, there are many more flights where the base ticket price is less than Rs 1,000. All of them are operated under the regional air connectivity scheme that provides various incentives for the airline operators. According to an analysis shared by travel portal ixigo with PTI, there are at least 22 routes where the base airfares are less than Rs 1,000 per person, with the lowest being Rs 150 for flights connecting Lilabari and Tezpur in Assam. The cheapest one way base fare is Rs 150 for a flight to and from Lilabari to Tezpur (Assam). The flights are operated by Alliance Air. While booking a ticket, there will be addition of convenience charge to the base fare. Broadly, the duration of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) flights on these routes are around 50 minutes. Majority of the routes where the base airfares range between Rs 150 and Rs 199 per person are in the North

The government on Thursday said 499 routes have been operationalised so far under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN, which was launched six years ago, and has facilitated the travel of more than 1.3 crore people. The scheme, also known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), is contributing to the growth of the civil aviation industry, as four new airlines have come up in the last six years and has generated demand for new aircraft, an official release said. It is providing opportunities to small regional airlines -- FlyBig, Star Air, and IndiaOne Air -- to scale up their businesses and is also creating an amiable ecosystem conducive to airline business, the release added. The first UDAN flight was on April 27, 2017, connecting Shimla and Delhi. According to the release issued by the civil aviation ministry, 499 routes have been operationalised under UDAN, which has also facilitated the travel of more than 1.3 crore people. Further, it said the scheme's incremental expansion has

UDAN 5.2 will use aircraft categories like 1A and 1, which have a seating capacity of nine passengers and 20 passengers, respectively

The official added that a 20 per cent contribution from state governments to the regional connectivity fund had been factored in while proposing the hike

Delhi-Shimla route is among nine that airlines plan to launch in the next 50 days under the civil aviation ministry's Udan scheme

Decision could add to friction between the Air Force's military requirements, and the AAI's need to provide infrastructure to airlines

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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia flagged off the first flight between Gujarat's Keshod in the Junagadh district and Mumbai under the Centre's 'Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik' programme

FlyBig operates commercial flights to destinations in the North-East, South, and Central under the UDAN Scheme

The scheme is funded through a Rs 50 levy on flight tickets on major routes

On Sunday, 18 new flights were operationalised under the UDAN scheme

The concession agreement was signed under the Government of India's regional connectivity-UDAN scheme

The flights will be to and from Prayagraj-Gorakhpur, Aizawl-Agartala and Varanasi-Bhubaneswar

A water aerodrome in the region at Umrangso Reservoir, Assam is also included

UDAN scheme focuses on states having unconnected regions. Chhattisgarh is one of the focus states for Ministry of Civil Aviation

Based on their assessment of demand on particular routes, the airlines submit proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN scheme from time to time

While govt's initial assessment was Rs 3 billion, a manifold rise in the number of participating airlines has increased the funding requirement to Rs 12 billion

IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Airways and Zoom Air are among the applicants that have put in their bids