Government mulling international UDAN

The Ministry of Civil Aviation will soon launch international flight operations on the lines of the domestic Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). The bidding process for some international routes has already begun and operations in these routes are likely to start by next year, according to officials in the Ministry.

The routes that are currently under the bidding process include international flights from Guwahati to Bangkok, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dhaka and Yangon.

Ministry of Civil Aviation officials have said that the bidding process for international flights have commenced only from Guwahati because other states have not yet come forward to show their interest.

A senior Ministry official said: “We have started with the bidding process to let airlines operate on these select routes from Guwahati on the lines of the RCS where airlines will be given viabil-