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Two airlines may start ops under low-cost scheme by Sept end

Air Odisha and Air Deccan are likely to start operations under the low-cost flying scheme by September end after they informed the government about having acquired aircraft for the purpose, a senior civil aviation ministry official said today. The two airlines were among five operators which were awarded a total of 128 routes in March under the regional connectivity scheme, also known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). The two airlines had won the largest chunk of routes with 50 of these going to Air Odisha and 34 to Air Deccan.

All carriers were given six month's time to start operations, failing which they would not be granted a licence. Three other airlines, which were awarded the RCS routes, were Alliance Air, SpiceJet and TurboMegha. They have already started operating the flights. "The ministry has granted a 'no objection certificate' to both the operators. At present, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is looking into their documents before granting them a scheduled commuter operator permit," the ministry official, who did not want to be quoted by name, told reporters here.

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