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Flying Deep into Bharat: Despite a multitude of operational, regulatory and infrastructure-related challenges, both regional airlines and national carriers are increasing their flights into regional routes and smaller towns.
The first direct flight between Gorakhpur and Varanasi was flagged-off on Sunday.
The minister was addressing a function to mark the inaugural run of Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad flight under UDAN - RCS (Ude Desh Kaa Aam Naagrik - Regional Connectivity Service).
“All the formalities have been completed and the company is all set to commence the operations from March 13,” Chairman and managing director said.
Out of the 948 routes awarded in the last five years, only 403 routes connecting 65 unserved and underserved airports are operational as of December 2021.