Parliament Question: Routes under UDAN Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3211 (TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18th December 2025) ROUTES UNDER UDAN SCHEME

3211. DR. DHARAMVIRA GANDHI Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of all regional connectivity routes awarded under the UDAN scheme till

31.10.2025, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details and operational status of all these regional connectivity routes under UDAN as on 31.10.2025, State/UT-wise;

(c) the details of the number of UDAN routes closed prematurely since their commencement along with the reasons for such closure, State/UT-wise;

(d) the number of airports developed under the said scheme that have no regular flights at present; and

(e) the steps taken to address these gaps and improve the viability of the UDAN routes? ANSWER Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Murlidhar Mohol)

(a) to (c): A state wise list of awarded, operationalised and discontinued routes under Regional Connectivity Scheme - Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) is placed at Annexure.

Key reasons for discontinuation of routes before 3-years tenure include disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, aircraft shortage, supply chain issues, aircraft maintenance, airport/runway maintenance, low passenger demand on some routes, etc.

(d) & (e): As on date, fourteen Airports are non-operational under the UDAN Scheme due to factors such as completion of the three-year concession period, poor visibility conditions, daytime runway restrictions at VFR only airports, shortage of aircraft, leasing issues, temporary discontinuation by airlines, novation of routes, and low passenger load factors.

In order to ensure uninterrupted flight operations on these routes, the government provides viability gap funding (VGF) to airlines, supports the upgrading of regional airports, and encourages operational flexibility.

Further, routes that were discontinued in the past rounds are also rebid, awarded and operationalised in subsequent rounds. Moreover, steps such as increased adoption of technologies like Special Visual Flight Rules and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) standards at feasible airports for all-weather operations have also been taken.

******ANNEXURE Details of State-Wise Awarded, Operationalised and Discontinued Routes under RCS- UDAN State/UT No. of No. of No. of routes Awarded Operationalised discontinued Routes Routes before 3 years 1 Andaman & Nicobar 6 0 Island 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 19 18 3 3 Arunachal Pradesh 16 10 3 4 Assam 59 36 12 5 Bihar 12 10 3 6 Chandigarh 6 3 0 7 Chhattisgarh 14 13 2 8 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 11 5 and Daman & Diu 0 9 Delhi 22 19 2 10 Goa 11 7 0 11 Gujarat 57 44 9 12 Haryana 4 3 2 13 Himachal Pradesh 47 23 4 14 Jammu & Kashmir 4 2 1 15 Jharkhand 12 5 3 16 Karnataka 71 66 11 17 Kerala 15 12 0 18 Ladakh 0 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 18 1 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 28 27 4 21 Maharashtra 75 65 4 22 Manipur 24 13 1 23 Meghalaya 11 9 1 24 Mizoram 11 2 0 25 Nagaland 17 4 0 26 Odisha 23 18 3 27 Puducherry 1 1 0 28 Punjab 21 17 5 29 Rajasthan 37 31 7 30 Sikkim 6 3 1 31 Tamil Nadu 24 14 1 32 Telangana 30 29 2 33 Tripura 7 3 0 34 Uttar Pradesh 96 57 20 35 Uttarakhand 81 60 16 36 West Bengal 27 21 3