Tag: UDAN
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UDAN now extended to 405 routes, 65 airports
Airports Authority of India(AAI), the Implementing Agency has identified 154 RCS airports including 14 water aerodromes and 36 helipads so far under UDAN for operation of RCS flights.
March 14, 2022 -
Next year, Spicejet to start Durgapur-Delhi services
At present Air India operates flight services from Durgapur to New Delhi and Durgapur to Hyderabad four days a week.
December 27, 2019 -
Union Budget: India to become $3 trillion economy in 2019-20, pension for 3 cr traders, diesel, petrol cess up by Re 1
Further, to discourage the practice of making business payments in cash, Sitharaman proposed to levy TDS of 2 per cent on cash withdrawal exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year from a bank account.
July 5, 2019 -
Spicejet adds 100th plane to fleet, 4th domestic airline to do
SpiceJet stated it has added some 23 planes in the last one month alone.
May 26, 2019 -
West Bengal: Andal airport sees little business this election season
During the 2016 assembly polls, however, Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport had registered business of Rs 1 crore.
May 16, 2019 -
SpiceJet to increase its daily flights to 620 from 516
Soon, SpiceJet will start flight services on New Delhi-Russia, New Delhi-Almati, New Delhi-China, New Delhi-Turkey, Hyderabad-Jeddah, and Calicut-Jeddah international routes
March 5, 2019 -
SpiceJet starts daily direct flight on Kolkata-Lilabari route
The un-served market of Lilabari, located in the Lakhimpur district of Assam, is the airline’s ninth destination under UDAN
January 16, 2019 -
Aviation in 2018: Amid high ATF prices, UDAN fails to lift sector
IndiGo, the market leader in domestic aviation, reported losses, while Jet Airways has not been able to pay salaries owing to its financial condition
December 26, 2018 -
UDAN: Pathankot gets air connectivity
Pathankot, the meeting point of the three northern states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday joined the Udan (regional connectivity scheme) circuit, with Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh receiving the first Alliance Air Delhi-Pathankot-Delhi flight. With this, Pathankot has got operationalised as the 21st Airport under the regional connectivity scheme. Welcoming …
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April 6, 2018 -
Increased allocation for aviation sector
The Civil aviation ministry will receive an increased budgetary allocation of Rs 6,602.86 crore in the next financial year, with a significant chunk kept aside for purchase of “two new aircraft” to be used for VVIP flights. The allocation is nearly three times higher than the amount of Rs 2,710.31 crore allocated to the ministry …
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February 2, 2018 -
Union Budget 2018: Those in ‘hawai chappal’ must fly on ‘hawai jahaj’, says FM Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced Union Budget 2018 today and a plan to expand the capacity of airports for the common man to be able to fly was presented. The finance minister, during his Budget speech, said, “Even those who wear ‘hawaii chappal’ can now travel by ‘hawaii jahaj'”. Jaitley used the term ‘hawaii chappal’ …
February 1, 2018 -
Himachal to get more air connectivity under UDAN
Himachal Pradesh is all set to get more air connectivity in the second round of bidding for the regional connectivity scheme UDAN or Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The scheme connects 25 underserved airports and 31 underserved helipads. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra …
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January 26, 2018 -
No GST on Viability Gap Funding disbursement: UDAN
The government has decided not to levy the Goods and Services Tax on disbursement of Viability Gap Funding extended to select airlines under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS). The RCS, also known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), took off earlier this year with five airline operators being awarded 128 routes after the first …
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December 27, 2017 -
Wings 2017 to aid in identification of new Udan routes
The government on Friday held the first edition of "WINGS 2017" for expanding its regional connectivity scheme RCS-UDAN and said that the event will help in identification of new routes. "All major airlines, NSOP, airport operators, cargo, tour operators and other ecosystem players participated in the event and were benefited from one-to-one government to business …
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July 7, 2017 -
Punjab inks MoU to connect with UDAN
Taking a major step towards promoting affordable air travel for the common people of the state, the Punjab government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union government and Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the country's flagship programme 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik' (UDAN). The MoU was signed in the presence …
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June 15, 2017 -
SpiceJet set to launch flights under UDAN scheme next month
Budget carrier SpiceJet will launch next month two new daily direct flights to Porbandar and Kandla from here under the Central government's regional connectivity scheme — UDAN. The Gurgaon-based carrier would be the first major airline to launch flights on the RCS route. The two new routes — Mumbai-Porbandar-Mumbai and Mumbai-Kandla-Mumbai — will be operational …
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June 12, 2017 -
Second round of bidding for UDAN soon
The second round of bidding for the Civil Aviation Ministry's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN, that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, is likely to take place soon as proposals have started pouring in. This time, the ministry is hopeful that other domestic airlines like Go Air, IndiGo and Jet Airways will also …
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April 28, 2017