{"id":40423,"date":"2019-01-15T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=40423"},"modified":"2019-01-15T18:13:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:43:57","slug":"centre-to-award-udan-iii-routes-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-to-award-udan-iii-routes-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre to award UDAN-III routes soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centre to award UDAN-III routes soon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation will award new regional connectivity routes under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik) III<\/p>\n

Important facts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

UDAN and Its Phases<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. UDAN scheme was launched in n 2016 to make air travel affordable through subsidised tickets and to provide its access to smaller towns.<\/li>\n
  2. It aims to connect major cities with tier-II and tier-III cities at a price of Rs 2,500 per one-hour flight.<\/li>\n
  3. In its first phase in 2017, 5 airlines were mandated to fly on 128 regional routes<\/li>\n
  4. In the second phase in 2018 15 airlines on 325 regional routes including those having chopper operations were mandated.<\/li>\n
  5. The third round of bidding under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN for domestic routes concluded recently and 15 airlines had bid for a total 111 routes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Setback to the scheme:<\/strong><\/p>\n