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...
From February, you can take a flight from Hindon airbaseAccording to chairman of Airports Authority of India, Guruprasad Mohapatra, the civil terminal at the IAF base will be ready by mid-February
1.5 years after launch, UDAN remains a mixed bag as two airlines fail to performAccording to the AAI data for the 17 months of UDAN, a total of 15,723 flights were operated by seven airlines on about 60 routes.
Hindon Air Force base to now handle private jets along with civilian flightsThe plan entails shifting non-RCS flights whose carrying capacity is less than 80 seats to the Hindon air base once the new terminal for ci...
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...
325 more routes awarded under RCS-2, IndiGo, Jet Airways & helicopters join inEleven fixed-wing operators have been granted rights for 67 proposals and four helicopter operators have been awarded 23 proposals, a civil...
Air Odisha, Air Deccan to start operations from December: Aviation SecretaryThe two carriers between them have 84 of the total 128 routes that were awarded under the RCS in March but they missed the six-month deadli...
RCS: Air Deccan, Air Odisha to get 10 slots at Delhi airportBoth airlines bagged a significant number of routes in the first round of bidding under the ambitious RCS, which seeks to connect unserved ...
Government summons Air Odisha, Air Deccan for missing RCS deadlineThe RCS, also known as UDAN aims at making flying affordable to the masses with fares capped at Rs 2,500 km per hour of flight, and also im...
UDAN may hit air pocket with MIAL, give only 8 slots for RCS flightsThe UDAN scheme, under which airfares have been kept at Rs 2,500 for a one hour flights, is aimed at making the air travel more affordable ...
Deccan, Alliance Air, others to fly on regional routesWhile Alliance Air and SpiceJet will operate RCS flights on at least five routes each, Turbo Megha would fly on at least six routes, they s...
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...
Air travel from Delhi to remote areas set to get cheaperManish Sisodia said the cut in VAT on ATF will be applicable for direct flights between Delhi and remote areas identified under the RCS.
Delhi cuts VAT on ATF to 1% for regional flights; other states to announce the same soonThe reduction has been announced after aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju had written to the Delhi government and Lieutenant General for...
No fixed limit for viability gap funding in regional air connectivity plan: Aviation MinisterThe scheme to connect under-served airports provides for gap funding to the participating airlines, which will be funded by the Centre and ...
Assam inks MoU with Civil Aviation Ministry and Airport Authority for Regional Connectivity SchemeSonowal also proposed development of under-served Salanibari (Tezpur), Lilabari (Lakhimpur), Rowriah (Jorhat) airports.
First flight under Regional Connectivity Scheme likely in January, says Ashok Gajapathi RajuThe civil aviation ministry has already signed MoUs with various states, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, for im...