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PM Modi inaugurates maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under UDAN scheme

Press Trust of India, Shimla | By
Apr 27, 2017 04:14 PM IST

PM Modi also flagged off regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on the Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video-conferencing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the first Shimla-New Delhi flight under a government scheme to boost regional air connectivity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after inaugurating the Delhi-Shimla flight from Shimla airport on Thursday.(HT photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi after inaugurating the Delhi-Shimla flight from Shimla airport on Thursday.(HT photo)

The flight is being operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India.

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The airline has deployed its 42-seater ATR plane on this sector.

The Prime Minister also flagged off regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on the Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video-conferencing.

With the RCS scheme, also called UDAN or “Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik”, the government aims to connect 45 unserved and under-served airports and make flying affordable by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per seat/ hour.

Five airlines were awarded 128 routes under the scheme last month after a bidding process.

Under the UDAN scheme, the operators would be extended viability gap funding (VGF). The amount is estimated to be around Rs 205 crore per annum for the operators chosen in the first round of bidding.

The state governments will provide a certain share of the VGF. Nineteen states and three union territories have signed a memorandum of understanding for this purpose.

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