Thiruvananthapuram: In a major cause of concern, the company responsible for the construction of Kannur International Airport (KIAL) has recommended pulling out of the government's UDAN scheme.
UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is a scheme under the Regional Connectivity Scheme of the government aimed at making air travel affordable.
Earlier, domestic carriers Indigo and Spicejet have already procured permission for their operations from Kannur to over nine cities across the country.
The recommendations came after a meeting with the Airport Economic Regulatory to fix the tariff. It was observed that the airport cannot be categorised as a large airport if it was functioning under the UDAN scheme.
The airport is expected to be open for passenger traffic by September this year.
Responding to the submission by KC Joseph, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan informed the assembly that the recommendation will be discussed in the next board meeting.
"Indigo and Spiceject have been granted permission to operate over 24 services to Chennai, Bengaluru, Hubli, Hindan, Mumbai, Kochi, Goa and Thiruvananthapuram. Jetairways and Go Air have procured international aviation licence to operate services to Damam and Abu Dhabi respectively from Kannur. Air India Express has plans to serve six Gulf countries from Kannur. Talks are underway with another 10 companies for their operations from KIAL."
"However, the meeting with Airport Economic Regulatory to fix the tariff for international routes observed that under the UDAN scheme the Kannur airport cannot be categorised as 'large airport'. In this situation the KIAL has requested its director board to release the airport from the UDAN scheme. This will be discussed in the next board meeting," said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
21/06/18 P S Gopikrishnan Unnithan/India Today
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UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) is a scheme under the Regional Connectivity Scheme of the government aimed at making air travel affordable.
Earlier, domestic carriers Indigo and Spicejet have already procured permission for their operations from Kannur to over nine cities across the country.
The recommendations came after a meeting with the Airport Economic Regulatory to fix the tariff. It was observed that the airport cannot be categorised as a large airport if it was functioning under the UDAN scheme.
The airport is expected to be open for passenger traffic by September this year.
Responding to the submission by KC Joseph, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan informed the assembly that the recommendation will be discussed in the next board meeting.
"Indigo and Spiceject have been granted permission to operate over 24 services to Chennai, Bengaluru, Hubli, Hindan, Mumbai, Kochi, Goa and Thiruvananthapuram. Jetairways and Go Air have procured international aviation licence to operate services to Damam and Abu Dhabi respectively from Kannur. Air India Express has plans to serve six Gulf countries from Kannur. Talks are underway with another 10 companies for their operations from KIAL."
"However, the meeting with Airport Economic Regulatory to fix the tariff for international routes observed that under the UDAN scheme the Kannur airport cannot be categorised as 'large airport'. In this situation the KIAL has requested its director board to release the airport from the UDAN scheme. This will be discussed in the next board meeting," said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
21/06/18 P S Gopikrishnan Unnithan/India Today
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