Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday highlighted the government’s efforts on increasing aerial connectivity and said that over 1.5 lakh flights were started in the last 5 years.
He also noted that the number was achieved under the UDAN scheme.
“Under Udaan Yojana democratisation of the aviation sector took place and 1,93,000 flights were started based on viability gap funding in the last 5 yrs where govt will also bear the cost for the tickets,” Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told ANI.
