Jet Airways' UDAN scheme: However, services on the remaining two routes are yet to be launched.
Jet Airways on Thursday commenced its services under the governments Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) by linking Allahabad with Lucknow and Patna, said the airline in a press release.
Jet Airways is set to launch a total of five new routes this week wherein atleast half of the passengers of each of the routes will get to travel at discounted rates.
The other two routes will be launched later.All these routes connect non-metro cities or tier 2 towns such as Allahabad, Lucknow and Patna.
So, the regular fliers who happen to stay or work in the tier 2 towns will soon be able to make use of the subsidised tickets offered by Jet Airways under the UDAN scheme.Not only the flights to small towns, Jet Airways also offers upto 30 per cent discount on some of the flights to Eurpope.
One can get details here.To fund the scheme, the civil aviation ministry is collecting a levy of Rs.
5,000 per departure from airlines operating in major routes, including Mumbai and Delhi.SectorEff DateFares Starting at RsGovt.
mandated fare cap for RCS seats RsLucknow-Allahabad14-Jun-181,1771,470Allahabad-Patna14-Jun-181,2162,060Patna-Allahabad14-Jun-181,2162,060Allahabad-Lucknow14-Jun-181,1771,470Nagpur-Allahabad16-Jun-181,6902,780Allahabad-Indore16-Jun-182,2303,240Indore-Allahabad16-Jun-182,2303,240Allahabad-Nagpur16-Jun-181,6902,780Lucknow-Bareilly*1,730Bareilly-Delhi*1,730Delhi-Bareilly*1,730Bareilly-Lucknow*1,730Delhi-Nashik (Ozar)15-Jun-182,9803,620Nashik (Ozar)-Delhi15-Jun-182,9803,620(*The days of operations/timings are tentative and will be finalised once Bareilly airport is ready for operations)Jet Airways will deploy its 72-seater ATR aircraft on the RCS routes that connect Allahabad with various other destinations in its network.
Operating thrice a week, the new routes will offer Allahabad a six-day a week connectivity.The new 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.However, services on the remaining two routes -- LucknowBareilly and Delhi-Bareilly -- are expected to be launched in the coming days.