78 new routes approved under 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN

Overall 766 routes have been sanctioned so far under the UDAN scheme.

New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday approved 78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN

"Special boost is being given to connectivity in North East with routes from Guwahati to Tezu, Rupsi, Tezpur, Passighat, Misa and Shillong. People will be able to fly from Hissar to Chandigarh, Dehradun and Dharmshala under these UDAN 4 routes. Routes from Varanasi to Chitrakoot and Shravasti have also been approved.Agatti, Kavaratti and Minicoy islands of Lakshadweep have also been connected by the new routes of UDAN 4.0," the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a release.

So far, 766 routes have been sanctioned under the UDAN scheme. 29 served, 08 unserved (including 02 heliports and 01 water aerodrome), and 02 underserved airports have been included in the list for approved routes.

The 4th round of UDAN was launched in December 2019 with a special focus on North-Eastern Regions, Hilly States, and Islands. The airports that had already been developed by AAI are given higher priority for the award of VGF(Viability Gap Funding) under the Scheme. Under UDAN 4, the operation of helicopter and seaplanes is also been incorporated. Since its inception, MoCA has operationalized 274 UDAN routes that have connected 45 airports and 3 heliports.

Here is the full list of new approved RCS routes:

S.No	RCS Routes
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

It may be recalled that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) in October 10 2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses. 

Since then three round of biddings have been completed. The first RCS-UDAN flight was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 27 2017 in Shimla.