Govt may cancel routes awarded to Air Deccan and Air Odisha under UDAN

Under the first round of UDAN, as many as 70 airports, including 31 unserved and 12 under-served ones, were to be connected

The government may cancel the route awarded to Air Deccan and Air Odisha under the regional connectivity scheme, known as UDAN, if they fail to start new routes by the end of October.

The two airlines, plagued by a lack of funds and pilots, have been able to start flights in only 10 of the 84 routes that were awarded.“The government has sent a show cause notice to both the airlines. If they fail to come up with a concrete response and future business plan of operating the routes, the bids will be null and void,” said a senior