517 routes connecting 76 airports, including 9 Heliports and 2 Water Aerodromes, have so far commenced operations. Out of 1300 valid routes awarded under the Scheme till 5.0 round of UDAN , 501 routes have been cancelled due to various reasons which include shutting down of the airlines, non-readiness of the aerodromes etc. Out of the remaining 799 routes, 517 routes have commenced so far. 201 routes have completed the prescribed 3 years tenure.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
