Following the three successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved 78 new routes under the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) to further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country. NER, Hilly States and Islands have been given priority in the approval process for the new routes. 29 served, 08 unserved (including 02 heliports and 01 water aerodrome), and 02 underserved airports have been included in the list for approved routes. Overall 766 routes have been sanctioned so far under the UDAN scheme. 

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Commenting on this development, Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, said, “Following the three successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) had launched the 4th round of UDAN in December 2019 with a special focus on North-Eastern Regions, Hilly States, and Islands. The awarding of these 78 routes under UDAN 4 is in line with the Act East Policy of the Central Government. The airports that had already been developed by AAI are given higher priority for the award of VGF under the Scheme. Under UDAN 4, the operation of helicopter and seaplanes is also been incorporated. Since its inception, MoCA has operationalised 274 UDAN routes that have connected 45 airports and 3 heliports.” 

The approved RCS routes include the following: 

1 Guwahati To Tezu 

2 Tezu To Imphal 

3 Imphal To Tezu 

4 Tezu To Guwahati 

5 Guwahati To Rupsi 

6 Rupsi To Kolkata 

7 Kolkata To Rupsi 

8 Rupsi To Guwahati 

9 Bilaspur To Bhopal 

10 Bhopal To Bilaspur 

11 Hissar To Dharamshala 

12 Dharamshala To Hissar 

13 Hissar To Chandigarh 

14 Chandigarh To Hissar 

15 Hissar To Dehradun 

16 Dehradun To Hissar 

17 Kanpur(Chakeri) To Moradabad 

18 Moradabad To Kanpur(Chakeri) 

19 Kanpur(Chakeri) To Aligarh 

20 Aligarh To Kanpur(Chakeri) 

21 Kanpur(Chakeri) To Chitrakoot 

22 Chitrakoot To Prayagraj/Allahabad 

23 Prayagraj/Allahabad To Chitrakoot 

24 Chitrakoot To Varanasi 

25 Varanasi To Chitrakoot 

26 Chitrakoot To Kanpur(Chakeri) 

27 Kanpur(Chakeri) To Shravasti 

28 Shravasti To Varanasi 

29 Varanasi To Shravasti 

30 Shravasti To Prayagraj/Allahabad 

31 Prayagraj/Allahabad To Shravasti 

32 Shravasti To Kanpur(Chakeri) 

33 Bareilly To Delhi 

34 Delhi To Bareilly 

35 Cochin International Airport(CIAL) To Agatti 

36 Agatti To Cochin International Airport(CIAL) 

37 Aizawl To Tezpur 

38 Tezpur To Aizawl 

39 Agartala To Dibrugarh 

40 Dibrugarh To Agartala 

41 Shillong To Passighat 

42 Passighat To Guwahati 

43 Guwahati To Passighat 

44 Passighat To Shillong 

45 Guwahati To Tezpur 

46 Tezpur To Guwahati 

47 Guwahati To Misa(Heliport) 

48 Misa(Heliport) To Geleki 

49 Geleki To Jorhat 

50 Jorhat To Geleki 

51 Geleki To Misa(Heliport) 

52 Misa(Heliport) To Guwahati 

53 Agatti To Minicoy 

54 Minicoy To Agatti 

55 Agatti To Kavaratti 

56 Kavaratti To Agatti 

57 Guwahati To Shillong 

58 Shillong To Dimapur 

59 Dimapur To Shillong 

60 Imphal To Silchar 

61 Silchar To Imphal 

62 Shillong To Guwahati 

63 Agartala To Shillong 

64 Shillong To Imphal 

65 Imphal To Shillong 

66 Shillong To Agartala 

67 Imphal To Shillong 

68 Shillong To Silchar 

69 Silchar To Shillong 

70 Shillong To Imphal 

71 Shillong To Dibrugarh 

72 Dibrugarh To Shillong 

73 Delhi To Shimla 

74 Shimla To Delhi 

75 Diu To Surat 

76 Surat To Diu 

77 Diu To Vadodara 

78 Vadodara To Diu 

List of Unserved airports: 

1.      Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh 

2.      Rupsi, Assam 

3.      Bilaspur, Chattisgarh 

4.      Hisar, Haryana 

5.      Misa (Heliport), Assam 

6.      Geleki (Heliport), Assam 

7.      Minicoy, Lakshadweep 

8.      Kavaratti (Water aerodrome), Lakshadweep 

List of Underserved airports: 

1.      Agatti, Lakshadweep 

2.      Passighat, Arunachal Pradesh