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Five Odisha Airports To Get Connected Under UDAN

in National January 19, 2017 Comments Off on Five Odisha Airports To Get Connected Under UDAN 1,085 Views

New Delhi: (ONT News Bureau)19/1/17 As many as 43 unserved airports in the country including five from Odisha are expected to have flight operations from next month in a phased manner with the AAI receiving 43 initial proposals from 11 bidders for 190 routes under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN.
These airports are Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda, Jeypore, Rourkela and Utkela (Kalahandi).
The government’s ambitious UDAN (Ude Desh Ke Aam Naagrik) scheme, under which fares have been capped at Rs 2,500 for a one-hour flight, aims at boosting air connectivity to and from unserved and under-served airports and making flying more affordable.
Making the announcement here today, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said that the “game changer” and “step change” UDAN scheme would boost the national and regional aviation in the country.

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