The government expects to collect around Rs 300 crore annually from the levy on airlines flying on major routes towards the regional air connectivity scheme, a senior official said.<\/p>\n
To partly raise money for viability gap funding requirement under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme, the civil aviation ministry has been collecting the levy since December 2016.<\/p>\n
More routes are getting added under the UDAN scheme, which seeks to connect unserved and under-served airports as well as making flying more affordable.<\/p>\n
With increasing number of UDAN routes, the ministry is also preparing to deal with higher funding needs in the coming months.<\/p>\n
A senior ministry official said the response to UDAN flights has been very positive and many routes are having good occupancy.<\/p>\n
Every year, the ministry expects to garner Rs 280 crore to 300 crore by way of levy collected from airlines flying on major routes.<\/p>\n
An amount of Rs 5,000 is levied for each departure of flights on major routes. Initially, the levy was Rs 8,500 and was subsequently reduced.<\/p>\n
To fund the ambitious regional connectivity scheme UDAN — the civil aviation ministry is collecting a levy of Rs 5,000 per departure from airlines operating in major domestic routes, including Mumbai and Delhi.<\/p>\n
With at least half of the seats in UDAN flights offered at subsidised fares, the participating carriers will be provided a certain amount of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) — an amount shared between the Centre and the states concerned.<\/p>\n
All the five operators — Alliance Air, SpiceJet, TruJet, Air Deccan and Air Odisha — that won routes in the first round of bidding under UDAN have already commenced operations.<\/p>\n
IndiGo and Jet Airways are among the airlines that have won routes in the second round of bidding and are yet to start services under the scheme.<\/p>\n
In his 2018-19 Budget speech, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley had said that 56 unserved airports and 31 under-served helipads will be connected under the regional air connectivity scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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