September 13, 2026 02:09 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in focus: Modi meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince on BRICS sidelines | Xi Jinping lands in India for BRICS; big Modi meeting set for New Delhi | ‘Hospitality on another level’: South African official stunned by India’s BRICS hosting | Suvendu Adhikari eats fish bhog at Kalighat Temple amid Bageshwar Baba row | Bangladeshi Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das breaks down emotionally as he gets 5-hour parole to attend mother’s funeral | Sheikh Hasina’s daughter Saima Wazed quits WHO post amid fraud allegations | After days of silence, China confirms Xi Jinping’s India visit for BRICS Summit | Big setback for Abhishek Banerjee as CID arrests aide Sumit Roy | Firebrand Tukaram Mundhe’s Food Safety Blitz Hits ISKCON Juhu, 3 Licences Suspended | Vande Mataram row erupts in INDIA bloc: Congress objects, ally NC hits back, BJP pounces

Regional Connectivity Scheme to make flying more affordable in India

| | Jul 01, 2016, at 09:25 pm
New Delhi, Jul 1 (IBNS): The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati and the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma on Friday discussed about the finer points of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), which will make flying a more affordable option in India.
One of the key components of RCS is the capping of fares for flights to unserved airports at Rs 2,500 per hour of flying for nearly 500km. 
 
Other salient features include central government concessions to RCS airports -- two per cent excise on Value Added Tax (VAT), service tax at one-tenth the rate and liberal code-sharing -- and state governments, key partners in te RCS, will provide free security and fire service, utilities at concessional rates and reduce VAT on ATF to one per cent.
 
RCS will be applicable on route length between 200km to 800km with no lower limit set for hilly, remote, island and security sensitive areas.
 
Interested operators can submit initial route proposals. The gap in costs and revenues, if any, will be compensated through Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
 
The regional connectivity scheme will be in operation for 10 years with individual route contracts of three year duration, media reported.
 
 Image: PIB
#Regional Connectivity Scheme #affordable flying in India

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: Narendra Modi meets Xi Jinping amid BRICS Summit
In Images: Narendra Modi meets Xi Jinping amid BRICS Summit Sep 13, 2026, at 01:28 am
In Images: PM Modi, world leaders gather for group photo during BRICS Summit
In Images: PM Modi, world leaders gather for group photo during BRICS Summit Sep 13, 2026, at 01:23 am
In Images: PM Modi joins BRICS leaders for group photograph in New Delhi
In Images: PM Modi joins BRICS leaders for group photograph in New Delhi Sep 12, 2026, at 01:18 am
Related Videos
Ramnami tattoos, music and tech: Chaltabagan's ‘Nishan’ takes Durga Puja global Aug 31, 2026, at 07:59 pm
ABVP-Left student groups clash at Jadavpur University in Kolkata Aug 20, 2026, at 11:09 am
Massive fire broke out at plastic factory in Siliguri. No casualties reported. Aug 19, 2026, at 03:47 pm