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    Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved 78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme

    Synopsis

    Northeastern states, Hilly States and Islands have been given priority in the approval process for the new routes. Around 29 served, 8 unserved (including 02 heliports and 01 water aerodrome), and 2 underserved airports have been included in the list for approved routes. Overall 766 routes have been sanctioned so far under the UDAN scheme.

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    GUWAHATI: Following the three successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved 78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UdeDeshKaAamNagrik (UDAN) to further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country.

    Northeastern states, Hilly States and Islands have been given priority in the approval process for the new routes. Around 29 served, 8 unserved (including 02 heliports and 01 water aerodrome), and 2 underserved airports have been included in the list for approved routes. Overall 766 routes have been sanctioned so far under the UDAN scheme.

    Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India in a statement said, “Following the three successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) had launched the 4th round of UDAN in December 2019 with a special focus on North-Eastern Regions, Hilly States, and Islands. The awarding of these 78 routes under UDAN 4 is in line with the Act East Policy of the Central Government. The airports that had already been developed by AAI are given higher priority for the award of VGF under the Scheme. Under UDAN 4, the operation of helicopter and seaplanes is also been incorporated. Since its inception, MoCA has operationalised 274 UDAN routes that have connected 45 airports and 3 heliports.”

    The approved RCS routes include the following:


    1

    Guwahati To Tezu

    2

    Tezu To Imphal

    3

    Imphal To Tezu

    4

    Tezu To Guwahati

    5

    Guwahati To Rupsi

    6

    Rupsi To Kolkata

    7

    Kolkata To Rupsi

    8

    Rupsi To Guwahati

    9

    Bilaspur To Bhopal

    10

    Bhopal To Bilaspur

    11

    Hissar To Dharamshala

    12

    Dharamshala To Hissar

    13

    Hissar To Chandigarh

    14

    Chandigarh To Hissar

    15

    Hissar To Dehradun

    16

    Dehradun To Hissar

    17

    Kanpur(Chakeri) To Moradabad

    18

    Moradabad To Kanpur(Chakeri)

    19

    Kanpur(Chakeri) To Aligarh

    20

    Aligarh To Kanpur(Chakeri)

    21

    Kanpur(Chakeri) To Chitrakoot

    22

    Chitrakoot To Prayagraj/Allahabad

    23

    Prayagraj/Allahabad To Chitrakoot

    24

    Chitrakoot To Varanasi

    25

    Varanasi To Chitrakoot

    26

    Chitrakoot To Kanpur(Chakeri)

    27

    Kanpur(Chakeri) To Shravasti

    28

    Shravasti To Varanasi

    29

    Varanasi To Shravasti

    30

    Shravasti To Prayagraj/Allahabad

    31

    Prayagraj/Allahabad To Shravasti

    32

    Shravasti To Kanpur(Chakeri)

    33

    Bareilly To Delhi

    34

    Delhi To Bareilly

    35

    Cochin International Airport(CIAL) To Agatti

    36

    Agatti To Cochin International Airport(CIAL)

    37

    Aizawl To Tezpur

    38

    Tezpur To Aizawl

    39

    Agartala To Dibrugarh

    40

    Dibrugarh To Agartala

    41

    Shillong To Passighat

    42

    Passighat To Guwahati

    43

    Guwahati To Passighat

    44

    Passighat To Shillong

    45

    Guwahati To Tezpur

    46

    Tezpur To Guwahati

    47

    Guwahati To Misa(Heliport)

    48

    Misa(Heliport) To Geleki

    49

    Geleki To Jorhat

    50

    Jorhat To Geleki

    51

    Geleki To Misa(Heliport)

    52

    Misa(Heliport) To Guwahati

    53

    Agatti To Minicoy

    54

    Minicoy To Agatti

    55

    Agatti To Kavaratti

    56

    Kavaratti To Agatti

    57

    Guwahati To Shillong

    58

    Shillong To Dimapur

    59

    Dimapur To Shillong

    60

    Imphal To Silchar

    61

    Silchar To Imphal

    62

    Shillong To Guwahati

    63

    Agartala To Shillong

    64

    Shillong To Imphal

    65

    Imphal To Shillong

    66

    Shillong To Agartala

    67

    Imphal To Shillong

    68

    Shillong To Silchar

    69

    Silchar To Shillong

    70

    Shillong To Imphal

    71

    Shillong To Dibrugarh

    72

    Dibrugarh To Shillong

    73

    Delhi To Shimla

    74

    Shimla To Delhi

    75

    Diu To Surat

    76

    Surat To Diu

    77

    Diu To Vadodara

    78

    Vadodara To Diu


    List of Unserved airports:

    1.Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh

    2.Rupsi, Assam

    3.Bilaspur, Chattisgarh

    4.Hisar, Haryana

    5.Misa (Heliport), Assam

    6.Geleki (Heliport), Assam


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