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Minister for Infrastructure Development M.B. Patil has stressed the request for extending the payment of the concessional airfares nether the UDAN strategy for astatine slightest 7 to 10 years, from the existing 3 years, to prolong the formation operations successful determination areas.
Answering a question by subordinate Thippannappa Kamakanur, connected stopping the formation work betwixt Kalaburagi and Bengaluru, the Minister said that the work had been stopped owed to the diminution successful request from passengers.
Under the UDAN scheme, the formation operators bask the payment of concessional airfares for 3 years. The payment extended to the hose expired successful March 2023. However, the relation continued the services up to October 15, 2025, erstwhile the past formation took off. “We person been demanding that the Centre widen the UDAN benefits for much years; otherwise, galore airports volition halt functioning successful the coming years,” helium stated.
