Trishul Military Airbase under UDAN scheme 

Trishul Military Airbase under UDAN scheme 

Part of: GS Prelims and GS – III – Infrastructure

In news

• The First flight from Delhi to the newly upgraded Trishul Military Airbase, Bareilly Airport, Uttar Pradesh, was recently flagged off.
• Ministry: Ministry of Civil Aviation

Key takeaways 

• The up gradation has been done under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN).
• Trishul Military Airbase, Bareilly belongs to the Indian Air Force and the land was handed over to the Airport Authority of India for construction of the interim civil aviation operations. 
• Alliance Air was awarded the Delhi – Bareilly route under the UDAN-4 bidding process last year.

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