Pawan Hans launches helicopter services on six routes in AssamRCS UDAN Helicopter services in the state of Assam will boost Air-connectivity within the State by offering the fastest mode of travel to c...
10 Feb, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
Pawan Hans commences helicopter services on six routes in AssamThese new helicopter services launched under the RCS UDAN scheme will provide connectivity on the “Dibrugarh-Jorhat-Tezpur-Guwahati-Tezpur-...
09 Feb, 2023, 06.48 PM IST
Budget gives larger wings to regional connectivity scheme UDANThe government had launched RCS-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) in October, 2016 to enhance regional air connectivity from unserved and under...
05 Feb, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
SAIL inks pact with AAI for facilitating start of commercial flights from RourkelaThe public sector enterprise had in 2018 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for use of its own airport, under the regional connecti...
28 Oct, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Over 1 crore passengers flew in 5 years under UDAN scheme: GovtMore than one crore passengers have flown in the last five years while benefitting from the Ministry of Civil Aviation's flagship programme...
17 Aug, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
Govt sets target to operationalise 100 airports by 2024Officials said that nearly 68 airports have been operationalised for Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) fligh...
29 Jul, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
Aviation sector has started to rebound, says Economic SurveyThe Survey stated that the Centre in 2021 also took other steps to boost the Indian aviation sector such as disinvestment of Air India, pri...
31 Jan, 2022, 03.25 PM IST
UDAN scheme: only 47% of total routes operational, COVID to impact scheme furtherRating agency ICRA in its report on Tuesday said that there is likely to be a further delay of two years in achieving the target of operati...
20 Jul, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Regional Connectivity Scheme adds another wing at Dibrugarh Airport in AssamDomestic carrier Indigo started another flight under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN programme of Government of India, in its...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Air connectivity in North-East expands furtherWith a private airliner - Flybig - starting its operations in the new routes connecting Assam's Guwahati and Dibrugarh on Friday, the air c...
25 Jun, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
First direct flight operations flagged off from Kalaburagi to HindonStar Air was awarded the Kalaburagi-Hindon route under the RCS-UDAN-3 bidding process last year. The airline would be operating three weekl...
18 Nov, 2020, 04.02 PM IST
Total 705 routes awarded under UDAN, 174 become operational: Aviation MinisterBased on their assessment of demand on particular routes, the airlines submit proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN scheme from time ...
03 Jul, 2019, 06.37 PM IST
Central-state joint ventures to be explored to promote air connectivityThe Government today said that it is trying to come out with a policy on having joint ventures between state and central governments to pro...
01 Aug, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
SAIL, AAI sign MoU over use of SAIL airstripsThe airstrips are to be used under the Regional Connectivity Scheme - UDAN, a flagship project which envisages enhancing regional air conne...
23 Apr, 2018, 08.59 PM IST
SpiceJet to launch direct flights to Patna from July 1From July 1, the airline would operate daily direct flights on Patna-Mumbai, Patna-Kolkata, Patna-Hyderabad and Patna-Bengaluru routes.
12 Jun, 2017, 04.46 PM IST
RCS-UDAN: Ministry seeks 44 slots at Delhi, Mumbai airportsThe demand has baffled the two airport operators who are facing severe capacity crunch, amid increasing requests from the scheduled operato...
20 Mar, 2017, 07.24 PM IST
Flights to start in un-served, under-served airports in January-2017Ashok Gajapathi Raju said in Lok Sabha that his Ministry has launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) called UDAN.
17 Nov, 2016, 02.24 PM IST