PM Modi signals off Shimla-New Delhi flight under UDAN plot

Shimla, Apr 27 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today introduced the maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under a government plan to support territorial air availability.

The flight is being worked by Alliance Air, an auxiliary of Air India.

The aircraft has sent its 42-seater ATR plane on this sector.

The prime minister likewise at the same time hailed off regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on the Kadapa Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video-conferencing.

With the RCS conspire, likewise called UDAN or "Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik", the administration goes for interfacing 45 unserved and under-served airports and make flying reasonable by capping charges at Rs 2500 per seat/hour.

Five airlines were granted 128 routes under the plan last month after an offering procedure.

Under the UDAN plot, the operators would be amplified feasibility hole subsidizing (VGF). The sum is evaluated to associate with Rs 205 crore for each annum for the operators picked in the first round of offering.

The state governments will give a specific share of the VGF. Nineteen states and three union domains have marked a Memorandum of Understanding for this reason.