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
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
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.
07 Oct, 2018, 08.50 PM IST
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...
24 Jan, 2018, 11.58 PM IST
UDAN: Govt links airlines' performance to award of more routesThe second round of bidding under the scheme, also known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is progressing and as many as 141 initial proposa...
16 Nov, 2017, 12.19 AM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
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 ...
29 Oct, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
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...
04 Oct, 2017, 08.32 PM IST
Two more low-cost carriers to take to skies in SeptemberAir Odisha and Air Deccan were among five operators which were awarded a total of 128 routes in March under the regional connectivity schem...
22 Jul, 2017, 03.51 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh proposes flight from Delhi to AyodhyaPrime Minister Narendra Modi had flagged off the UDAN scheme this April, announcing affordable regional flights for passengers on three rou...
10 Jul, 2017, 08.45 AM IST
Flights connecting Lucknow with Bhopal, Jaipur, Dehradun announcedWith effect from July 5, Alliance Air will be operating new flights on Lucknow-Dehradun, Lucknow-Bhopal and Lucknow- Jaipur routes.
26 Jun, 2017, 11.18 PM IST
Govt to link smaller towns with bigger cities in UDAN Phase-II in AugustThe ministry will organise a stakeholder consultation meet on June 7 and will accept stakeholders' comments on the proposed changes by June...
25 May, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
Bidding for next round of UDAN flights within 3 months: GovernmentWe are still deciding on when the bidding process will be open, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said at a press con...
28 Apr, 2017, 09.26 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
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 ...
07 Feb, 2017, 06.54 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
MoCA to decide RCS levy amount after getting public commentsThe move comes against the backdrop of concerns in certain quarters that having a levy for funding Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) could...
17 Jul, 2016, 01.31 PM IST