Central government launching UDAN a budget airline..

Budget Regional flying by the Government by connecting small towns is a great move. These are the first Regional flights to take off during the month of January next. Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik, UDAN is another feather in Modi's Government's Cap. I wish all success to UDAN

Surely a great initiative by the Government. Moreover, after reading the article I found that it is a well thought out and planned initiative that keeps in mind the affordability of passengers as well the concerns of profitability of airline. Moreover connecting small towns is a great step. Just waiting for it to come in action by next year. Really a great initiative in favor of Aam Admi.

It is another example of Modi's Ambitious plans to take the Country ahead. Air travel was once the prerogative of rich. Now  with UDAN, a Common man's dream of traveling by Air  has become a reality. Hats off to this Great leader

Wow super news...ths is will definitely make air travel more accessible to the common man...also it vl make travelling with kids so much more easier (with reduced travel time which is also budget friendly)

Under the UDAN scheme, 16 under served airports, 15 to 20 air ports which are ready, but don't get regular flights will be ready to receive regional flights from January next. A laudable step indeed.

Rambabu plz don't repeat yourself simply to get points..

Here , 50% of the seats will be as per the price discussed and the rest will be as per the rates being followed by other airlines. So, one has to book early to get the advantage of discounted seats. They are also planning to open up all the little used or some unused airports and connect them to the nearest busy airport thereby increasing connectivity, which is an excellent scheme..

It is indeed a good news for people like me who love to travel and enjoy holidaying. Many of my vacation wishes were curbed due to time constraint or budget constraint due to high priced airline tickets. Now it will benefit both ways- saving time and saving money. I just have to plan ahead. Moreover, more connectivity to smaller towns opes for options to travel. Really waiting for it to come in action. 

Fares became cheaper now . Because Regional Connectivity Scheme will be funded by levying a fee on aircraft landing at bigger Airports. Even though I am not new to Air traveling, I want to  avail it. I will avail once again.

This is a commendable scheme and government must be given credit for it.

MG Singh wrote:

This is a commendable scheme and government must be given credit for it.

Definitely. The Government led by Modi thinks about Common man,his desires and dreams. Air travel was once  a prerogative for rich. Now a common man can think of Air traveling with the ambitious scheme UDAN.

MG Singh wrote:

This is a commendable scheme and government must be given credit for it.

The only flip side if at all would be that the netas might take advantage of the scheme and go in for mass bookings for their near and dear ones which would deprive the citizens of its benefits 

usha manohar wrote:

MG Singh wrote:

This is a commendable scheme and government must be given credit for it.

The only flip side if at all would be that the netas might take advantage of the scheme and go in for mass bookings for their near and dear ones which would deprive the citizens of its benefits 

 I totally agree!!. In our countries Netas are the ones who are benefited the most -- be it the scheme for common man or the benefits that you get for being a VIP.

And I do not know how we can do this moral policing??? In the past we have seen those Unnecessary study tours and foreign trips on our tax money.

I hope this scheme sticks to common man and is strictly banned for politicians. 

True. benefits meant for common man are eaten away by the Netas. This can be stopped by Public Protests and Dharnas,

i think its too early to start feeling happy about this scheme. ( sorry I am not being pessimistic) since it will be connecting smaller towns to bigger cities, we need to know which all airports will come under this scheme. Only then we will know how helpful it will be. As they have mentioned because of this scheme the existing airfare will go up (they say max rs60, but who knows?)

But this will definitely help is building up the market and infrastructure in cities whose airport are covered under the UDAN scheme.

Divya wrote:

i think its too early to start feeling happy about this scheme. ( sorry I am not being pessimistic) since it will be connecting smaller towns to bigger cities, we need to know which all airports will come under this scheme. Only then we will know how helpful it will be. As they have mentioned because of this scheme the existing airfare will go up (they say max rs60, but who knows?)

But this will definitely help is building up the market and infrastructure in cities whose airport are covered under the UDAN scheme.

 I can see a hope in this. A country's infrastructure is the key to its growth. So lets hope for some employment generation with the development of this infrastructure and a small step forward to development of nation. 

Arunima Singh wrote:

Divya wrote:

i think its too early to start feeling happy about this scheme. ( sorry I am not being pessimistic) since it will be connecting smaller towns to bigger cities, we need to know which all airports will come under this scheme. Only then we will know how helpful it will be. As they have mentioned because of this scheme the existing airfare will go up (they say max rs60, but who knows?)

But this will definitely help is building up the market and infrastructure in cities whose airport are covered under the UDAN scheme.

 I can see a hope in this. A country's infrastructure is the key to its growth. So lets hope for some employment generation with the development of this infrastructure and a small step forward to development of nation. 

Yes definitely... the country is making a lot of progress under Modi.. with his new and innovative schemes. Each drop of water contributes to the ocean. Feeling proud of the govt and its out of the box thinking. If these steps would have been taken earlier we would have been at a much better position as a country. 

When such an ambitious Scheme like UDAN is launched to facilitate common Man, it takes time to to prove its effectiveness. In the mean time Politicians should not encash this opportunity for their own selfish interests. But I'm hopeful UDAN would be great success.

In time the scheme will cover almost all parts of the nation like it is in other Western countries...

The government expects the first flight under RCS (regional connectivity scheme) to take off by the end of this year or early January 2017.

Global airlines grouping International Air Transport Association, in its latest 20 years forecast, has projected that India would add 322 new fliers in its total 442 million air passengers by 2035.

Under the scheme, government also plans to upgrade 50 unserved and underserved airports in the country, which would further boost air connectivity pan-India.

There are 394 unserved and 16 under-served airports

(Source)

In these days middle class on India have capacity to spend money for air travel. No doubt this plan of Modi will success.

Ar travel saves time and is the most preferred for older people and those having health problems. When it becomes affordable to the middle class and people take to traveling by air in a big way we can see more connectivity between smaller cities not connected so far and this also means tourism and economic development in all those regions..