Union Civil Aviation Ministry announces the scheme UDAN (Ude
Desh Ka Aam Naagarik) a common citizen can fly under this scheme. These will
enhancement regional air transportation from all over the selective places in
the country and selective airlines.
-It is a scheme to develop regional connectivity by giving
subsidies .The government issues Rs 2500/- for hour each seat for subsidy, half
of the seats in a plane under UDAN scheme. The subsidy continues for three
years of selective routes and selective places.
-128 routes were identified under UDAN scheme for 70 small
and big airports all over the country.
-The airlines services comes under the scheme are Spice Jet,
Air India subsidiary Alliance Air and regional airlines Turbo Mega Airways, Air
Deccan and Air Odisha Aviation.
-The covering distances under UDAN up to 800kms for
marketing mechanisms.
-Air India Subsidy Alliance Air is the first airline runs flight services from Delhi to
Simla under the Regional connectivity scheme.
-UDAN scheme is a component of National Civil Aviation
Policy (NCAP).
-After boosting the scheme for passengers and economic
activity rises higher, the subsidy slowly lifted out continues.
