New Delhi April 26 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the air regional connectivity scheme -- UDAN -- on April 27 Thursday in Shimla.
Simultaneously Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also flag off the inaugural UDAN flights on Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors the Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
According to the ministry it is committed to providing air connectivity to currently underserved and unserved airports through the UDAN air connectivity scheme.
An under-served airport is defined as an airport which has no more than seven scheduled commercial flight departures per week whereas an un-served airport or airstrip is the one which has not even received a single scheduled commercial service during the last two flight schedules.
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Modi to launch UDAN air connectivity scheme on April 27
