Udan 4.0 ready to go, 78 regional routes added

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said Udan 4.0 was ready for launch and 78 additional routes would be awarded in this phase to establish air connectivity to several unserved destinations.

The Udan scheme is framed to provide financial incentives from the Centre, state governments and airport operators to select airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports at affordable airfares.