RCS networks/routes have been received in Initial Proposals of 3rd round of bidding under RCS-UDAN. Counter proposals are invited for the below mentioned Initial proposals received.
Routes under UDAN from Belagavi –
Belagavi To Vadodara – under RCS
Belagavi to Bengaluru – Non RCS
Belagavi to Hyderabad – Under RCS – 4 operators
Belagavi to Tirupati – Under RCS -3 operators
Belagavi to Kadappa – Under RCS
Belagavi to Mysuru – Under RCS
Belagavi to Chennai – Non RCS
Belagavi to Pune – Under RCS
Belagavi to Surat – Under RCS
Belagavi to Mumbai – Under RCS – 2 operators
Belagavi to Indore – Under RCS
Belagavi to Jodhpur – Under RCS
Belagavi to Jaipur – Under RCS
Belagavi to Cochin International Airport – Under RCS
Belagavi to Kalaburgi(Gulbarga) – Under RCS
Belagavi to Hindan (Delhi) – Under RCS
Belagavi to Mangalore – Under RCS
Belagavi to Ahemdabad – Under RCS
Belagavi to Mumbai – Non RCS
Belagavi to Nagpur – Under RCS
Belagavi to Ozar (Nasik) – Under RCS
Belagavi to Vadodra – Under RCS
Final list after approval will be made public on 7-01-2019.
Now the counter bidding process is on, which means other operators can bid again for the routes which other operators have bid for.
Belagavi to Mumbai has been bid under RCS and Non RCS as well. Bengaluru and Chennai also have been bid under non RCS.
All routes under RCS have also applied for VGF (Viability Gap Funding)
UDAN-RCS Fares
For the fixed-wing aircraft, there is a cap of maximum fare of INR2,500 per hour of flight for the 50% of the seats (min 9 RCS seats and max 40 RCS seats per fixed-wing flight.
Capped RCS fares will also be graded based on distance, e.g. INR1,420 for a distance of 151–175 km, INR1,500 for a distance of 176–200 km, and so on, with a ceiling of maximum INR3,500 fare for a total distance of 800 km or more.
Value Gap Funding (VGF)
The scheme entails making the routes financially viable, without insisting on the financial viability of the regional airports, by lowering the cost of flight operations and through VGF. VGF will be available to flight operators on specific routes for the first 3 years of their operation
With all due respect to what has been done so far, it would have been much better if there was one single International level airport built somewhere near Kittur for Belagavi, Dharwad and Hubli. It would have been awesome if NWKRTC would have coupled up with Airport Authorities and arranged buses for all three Cities according to the flight timings.
This could have solved many issues.
1) Farmers of Belagavi wouldn’t have lost their land. A barren land that doesn’t grow anything would have served the purpose.
2) There wouldn’t be competition between Hubli and Belagavi for flights.
3) One single Airport built at an International Standard would have served the people much longer, than two domestic airports at Belagavi and Hubli.
4) Passengers wouldn’t have been robbed by Auto Rickshaw and Cab owners.
5) One flight would have served 3 cities instead of two flights originating from same destination and hence more business to Airliners.
6) More business to NWKRTC for serving the cities from airport.
7) The most important one, the convenience of more destinations being served to passengers of all the 3 cities.
There needs to be some planning in place before we actually execute the projects. With the amount they have spent in constructing two airports, they could have built a killer model airport for North Karnataka people. This would have created a Win-Win situation for everyone, be it people, government and airliners.
I really hope the government will plan and execute the future projects years ahead, keeping future traffic and possible growth in mind rather than settling for short term solutions and immediate situational demands. After all the UDAAN scheme is being funded by the common man’s (and woman’s) taxes. People deserve better.
Belagavi to Delhi direct flight and Belagavi to goa flight should also be included in Udaan 3 scheme
Good news.
Airline operators need to think about connecting Goa, Coimbatore & Shirdi also.
Hope this message will reach them.
What about Kolkata route
Good News but is there night landing facility is available at Sambra Air Port?
yes
Why they put non rcs to Bangalore Mumbai and Chennai because of Hubli flight stop so
Above INFO is the sign of BGM airport will be a very busy airport around 24×7.