Under the UDAN initiative, the government promotes the airlines to connect smaller sized cities of the nation and subsidises the airline for incurring the losses in the course of the initial phase of its operations.
In a great news for the residents of Kurnool, price range carrier Indigo has announced the launch of direct flights from the city to 3 essential cities in South India- Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam, and Chennai beneath the regional connectivity scheme UDAN. The airline on Friday stated that the 3 direct flights from the city will be launched from March 28, news agency PTI reported. The improvement assumes significance as the state government of Andhra Pradesh led by CM Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to turn Kurnool into one of the state capitals. The state government has decided to make Kurnool the Judiciary Capital of the state though Visakhapatnam and Amravati will be turned into the Executive and Legislative capital of the state.
Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer of the airline told PTI that the move to initiate 3 direct flights from Kurnool will improve regional connectivity in the South India area. Kumar additional stated that the move to start out direct flights from Kurnool city was taken as the city will be one of 3 capitals of the state as properly a crucial node for the Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor.
As per the PTI report, all 3 direct flights- Kurnool-Bengaluru, Kurnool-Chennai and Kurnool-Visakhapatnam-will operate for 4 days in a week. Since the flights are getting launched beneath the regional connectivity scheme of the central government, the airline will also obtain some monetary incentives from the centre as properly as the state government. Under the UDAN initiative, the government promotes the airlines to connect smaller sized cities of the nation and subsidises the airline for incurring the losses in the course of the initial phase of its operations.
At the time of the announcement of the direct flight from Kurnool, the airline stated that the move will not make Kurnool more accessible for the vacationers from some of the most essential centres of South India but also support government officials in their frequent movement to the Judicial capital of the state.