The Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)
(a) and (b): Government has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21.10.2016 to facilitate/stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable. RCS - UDAN is a market driven mechanism. Development of regional air connectivity routes is left to market forces and airlines undertake assessment of demand and nature of supply required on particular routes and lead the process under RCS - UDAN. States of North Eastern Region have been included as Priority Area(s) in the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). Helicopter services have also been included in the scheme for better connectivity of Priority Area(s). For Priority RCS Routes, the number of RCS Flights to be operated in a week with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) shall be a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of fourteen (14) departures per week from the same RCS Airport so that the RCS Flights are operated on at least three (3) days of the week. The details of the flight operations in the States of Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Tezpur in Assam are as follows:
Mizoram : Aizawl airport in Mizoram is a served airport. Therefore, RCS flight could be operated from Mizoram to other RCS airports only. However, Implementing Agency has awarded Aizawl - Agartala - Aizawl route under Tourism RCS.
Meghalaya : Implementing Agency has awarded RCS route between Shillong & Kolkata and Shillong & Guwahati River Front (Water Aerodrome).
Tripura : Kailashahar, Kamalpur & Khowai are available in list of Unserved airport (in priority area). But, no airline submitted valid bid for operation of RCS flights from these airports.
Tezpur in Assam : RCS routes between Kolkata & Tezpur were awarded to Selected Airline Operator (SAO). RCS Helicopter routes from Tezpur to Itanagar, Jorhat & Nagaon have been awarded to Selected Airline Operators.
(c) and (d): On request of State Government of Assam, UDAN International has been launched. The bidding process for routes connecting Guwahati to Kathmandu, Dhaka, Yangon, Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has been completed. After e-bidding process, Guwahati to Dhaka and Guwahati to Bangkok routes were awarded to SAO for operation of flights under UDAN International. The financial support is provided by the concerned State Government. Government of India would facilitate the
implementation of UDAN International Scheme to enhance air connectivity from India to selected overseas destinations, on request of State Governments. Letter of Awards has been issued to selected airline and that airline commenced Guwahati - Dhaka sector from 1st July 2019 but same was stopped due to non-availability of passengers on this sector. Due to non-compliance of SAO Agreement, routes between Guwahati & Bangkok has been cancelled.
As per Winter Schedule - 2019 approved by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), following international flights are operating to/from North Eastern Region:;
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Airline Route Frequency
Druk Air Paro - Bagdogra - Bangkok and vice-versa 2 per week;
Paro - Guwahati and vice-versa 2 per week;
Paro - Guwahati - Singapore and vice-versa 2 per week;
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Nok Air Bangkok - Guwahati and vice-versa 2 per week;
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As per Winter Schedule - 2019 approved by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), following flights are operating between North Eastern Region and Gujarat:;
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Airline Route Frequency
SpiceJet Ahmedabad - Bagdogra and vice-versa 6 per week;
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IndiGo Ahmedabad - Bagdogra and vice-versa 7 per week;
Ahmedabad - Guwahati and vice-versa 7 per week
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