Fly East: Getting to SE Asia from Guwahati to be cheaper

  • | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

For the subsidy, an "International Air Connectivity Fund" (IACF) will be created through the contributions made by the State Government. NEW DELHI: The 'Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik' (UDAN) scheme is soon going to fly overseas too. "For fixed wing aircraft (to operate under this scheme) there (should) have been no scheduled commercial flights on such a route" for some time. The government is planning to start its subsidised regional connectivity scheme and link Guwahati to Dhaka, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, Singapore and Bangkok.It plans to give subsidy between Rs 2370 (for Dhaka) to Rs 7880 for Singapore.This will enable cheaper fares and dramatically increase northeast India's connectivity to Southeast Asia. "Such a fund can be created at the level of the Airports Authority of India or the state governments as per the notifications issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation from time to time, which shall be a dedicated fund for the provision of Subsidy Support under the Scheme," a consultation paper released by aviation ministry said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The 'Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik' (UDAN) scheme is soon going to fly overseas too. The government is planning to start its subsidised regional connectivity scheme and link Guwahati to Dhaka, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, Singapore and Bangkok.It plans to give subsidy between Rs 2370 (for Dhaka) to Rs 7880 for Singapore.This will enable cheaper fares and dramatically increase northeast India's connectivity to Southeast Asia. For the subsidy, an "International Air Connectivity Fund" (IACF) will be created through the contributions made by the State Government."Such a fund can be created at the level of the Airports Authority of India or the state governments as per the notifications issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation from time to time, which shall be a dedicated fund for the provision of Subsidy Support under the Scheme," a consultation paper released by aviation ministry said on Tuesday."For fixed wing aircraft (to operate under this scheme) there (should) have been no scheduled commercial flights on such a route" for some time.

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