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The Centre on Monday informed in the Rajya Sabha that under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), which seeks to stimulate regional air connectivity at affordable rates for the masses, a total of Rs 4,500 crores have been allocated for the development of airports in the country, out of…

The Govt has set a target to operationalise 1,000 UDAN routes and revive/develop 100 unserved and underserved airports/heliports/water aerodromes by 2024 for the operation of UDAN flights.

Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) seeks to stimulate regional air connectivity at affordable rates for the masses. The scheme envisages providing connectivity to unserved and underserved airports of the country throug

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As many as 1.30 lakh passengers, including those who could never dream of travelling by air, have travelled due to the UDAN scheme and the aviation sector is set to be the 'backbone' of transportation in the country, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Rajya Sabha on Monday. India News | With UDAN Scheme, 1.30 Lakh Passengers Have Travelled by Air: Scindia.

Despite the aviation industry surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels, traffic under UDAN remains low. So, to speed up the launch of new routes and revive airports under UDAN, MoCA has sought a budgetary allocation of Rs 1,500 crore for 2024–25, the highest-ever allocation for the scheme.

While govt measures have seen more Indians flying, making the country the third-largest aviation market in the world, infrastructure woes continue to haunt. Abolition of the negative fiscal regime and provision of adequate infrastructure are the industrys two main demands.

However, is still facing the same issues--low occupancy, closure of operational routes, lack of infrastructure--it struggled with at birth as only 45.6 percent of all

India is the worlds third-largest domestic civil aviation market after China and the US. The Indian domestic passengers have doubled since 2014 If we are to believe an aviation release, the domestic aviation industry witnessed a significant monthly growth rate of 23.13 per cent in August 2023

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia announced on Sunday the operationalization of three new air routes in Arunachal Pradesh by October.