Jet Airways on Thursday commenced its services under the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN – by linking Allahabad with the state capitals of Lucknow and Patna and offering tickets at prices starting from Rs 1,177. Besides launching five routes this week – Lucknow-Allahabad-Lucknow, Patna-Allahabad-Patna, Nagpur-Allahabad-Nagpur, Indore-Allahabad-Indore, and Delhi–Nashik-Delhi – the airline is all ready to inaugurate services along Lucknow Bareilly Lucknow and Delhi-Bareilly-Delhi in the coming days.

A 72-seater ATR aircraft on the RCS routes connecting Allahabad with various other destinations in its network will be deployed by the airline. Operating thrice a week, the new routes will offer Allahabad a six-day/week connectivity, complementing the existing connectivity to/from the city.

As per a statement released by the airline, the newly-launched flights will offer two-way connections to Mumbai from Allahabad via Nagpur / Indore / Lucknow. Similarly, the flights will offer two-way connections to Bengaluru from Allahabad via Indore / Patna. Passengers will have the option to connect to Pune and Ahmedabad from Allahabad, via Indore.

Likewise, the flight will also connect to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur and Abu Dhabi from Allahabad via Lucknow, allowing guests to connect through Abu Dhabi over Lucknow to multiple international destinations in Europe, North America, Africa, Middle East and the Gulf, enhancing the global connectivity from India’s emerging metros.