Sunday, October 02, 2016

Chhattisgarh now among six states to have signed RCS MoU

Chhattisgarh is among the six states including Puducherry now which have so far signed MoU with the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation for promoting Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), officials informed.

Notably the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation is in the process of signing of MoU with State Governments to ensure their commitment and support to regional air transport operations by providing concessions as required under the RCS for making it successful.

Puducherry is the sixth State with which such an MoU is signed on Saturday. The other states are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation had earlier released the draft Regional Air Connectivity Scheme (RCS) for stakeholder consultation, with the twin objectives of promoting balanced regional growth and making flying affordable for masses.

The RCS is the key component of the National Civil Aviation Policy which was released by the Ministry on June 15, 2016. The scheme, which would be in operation for a period of 10 years, envisages providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports.

This would be achieved through a financial stimulus in the form of Central and State government concessions, as well as Viability Gap Funding to the interested airlines to kick-off operations from such airports, so that the passenger fares are kept affordable.

The fare for a one hour journey of appx. 500 km on a fixed wing aircraft or for a 30 minute journey on a helicopter would now be capped at ` 2,500, with proportionate pricing for routes of different lengths / duration.
02/10/16 The Pioneer
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