Under the scheme, the fares have been kept at Rs2,500 for a one-hour journey. Photo: MintMumbai: Full-service carrier Jet Airways on Tuesday offered fares starting as low as Rs967 for the Udan flights which it plans to operate from next month. The fares for the Lucknow-Allahabad-Patna flight under the Udan scheme will be Rs967, while the flights on the Patna-Allahabad-Patna route will cost Rs1,216, Jet Airways said in a release today. With at least half of the seats in the Udan flights are offered at subsidised rates, the participating carriers get a certain amount of viability gap funding (VGF) - an amount shared between the Centre and the states concerned. Under the scheme, the fares have been kept at Rs2,500 for a one-hour journey.

Source: Mint May 15, 2018 11:26 UTC