Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on August 07 highlighted the government’s efforts on increasing aerial connectivity and said that over 1.5 lakh flights were started in the last 5 years.

Speaking to ANI, Scindia said, “Under Udaan Yojana democratisation of the aviation sector took place and 1,93,000 flights were started based on viability gap funding in the last 5 yrs where govt will also bear the cost for the tickets.”