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Tuesday 20 February 2018

UDAN-II will see ‘explosion in air connectivity’: Sinha

New Delhi:  After the second round of bidding, more airlines are going to become a part of the government’s regional air connectivity (RCS) scheme.

IndiGo, Jet Airways and Zoom Air have won the right to operate flights under the UDAN scheme in the second round. They join Alliance Air and SpiceJet both of whom have won the right to operate more flights under UDAN II.

Jayant Sinha, Minister for State for Civil Aviation, announced that four to five cities around the country including Koppal and Hubballi in Karnataka will see an “explosion in air connectivity”.

Turbo Aviation has won the right to operate flights from Baldota/Koppal to Bengaluru, Goa and Hyderabad while IndiGo has won the right to fly from Baldota/Koppal to Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kochi.


IndiGo has won the right to operate from Hubli to Goa and Kannur while both SpiceJet and Alliance Air have won the right to operate from Hubballi to Hyderabad.

IndiGo plans to use its 74 seater ATR aircraft for connecting Hubballi to Kannur while it will operate the 180 seater Airbus A320 to operate Baldota/Koppal.

SpiceJet plans to link Thanjavur to Chennai while Turbo Aviation plans to link Vellore with Bengaluru and Chennai. SpiceJet also plans to link Pakyong airport in Sikkim with Delhi, Guwahati and Kolkata using a 78-seater Bombardier Q 400 aircraft.
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