Airline operators apply for 22 destinations under UDAN from Belagavi

RCS networks/routes have been received in Initial Proposals of 3rd round of bidding under RCS-UDAN. Counter proposals are invited for the below mentioned Initial proposals received.

Routes under UDAN from Belagavi – 
Belagavi To Vadodara – under RCS

Belagavi to Bengaluru – Non RCS

Belagavi to Hyderabad – Under RCS – 4 operators

Belagavi to Tirupati – Under RCS -3 operators

Belagavi to Kadappa – Under RCS

Belagavi to Mysuru – Under RCS

Belagavi to Chennai – Non RCS

Belagavi to Pune – Under RCS

Belagavi to Surat – Under RCS

Belagavi to Mumbai – Under RCS – 2 operators

Belagavi to Indore – Under RCS

Belagavi to Jodhpur – Under RCS

Belagavi to Jaipur – Under RCS

Belagavi to Cochin International Airport – Under RCS

Belagavi to Kalaburgi(Gulbarga) – Under RCS

Belagavi to Hindan (Delhi) – Under RCS

Belagavi to Mangalore – Under RCS

Belagavi to Ahemdabad – Under RCS

Belagavi to Mumbai – Non RCS

Belagavi to Nagpur – Under RCS

Belagavi to Ozar (Nasik) – Under RCS

Belagavi to Vadodra – Under RCS

Final list after approval will be made public on 7-01-2019.

Now the counter bidding process is on, which means other operators can bid again for the routes which other operators have bid for.

Belagavi to Mumbai has been bid under RCS and Non RCS as well. Bengaluru and Chennai also have been bid under non RCS.

All routes under RCS have also applied for VGF (Viability Gap Funding)

UDAN-RCS Fares

For the fixed-wing aircraft, there is a cap of maximum fare of INR2,500 per hour of flight for the 50% of the seats (min 9 RCS seats and max 40 RCS seats per fixed-wing flight.

Capped RCS fares will also be graded based on distance, e.g. INR1,420 for a distance of 151–175 km, INR1,500 for a distance of 176–200 km, and so on, with a ceiling of maximum INR3,500 fare for a total distance of 800 km or more.
Value Gap Funding (VGF)

The scheme entails making the routes financially viable, without insisting on the financial viability of the regional airports, by lowering the cost of flight operations and through VGF. VGF will be available to flight operators on specific routes for the first 3 years of their operation

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