1. Ministry of Civil Aviation
RCS - UDAN 3rd Round
Pre-bid Meeting
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Government of India
06 November, 2018

2. 01 02 03 04 Key features of UDAN 3rd round Inclusion of Tourism routes
Following two rounds of successful bidding of routes under RCS across the country, the Ministry of Civil Aviation intends to conduct a third (3rd) round of bidding of additional routes to be awarded under RCS to Selected Airline Operator(s).
Some of the features and benefits available under RCS have been updated for the 3rd round of bidding; the changes from 2nd round of bidding is as highlighted below: 01
Inclusion of Tourism routes 02
Inclusion of NER routes 03
Inclusion of Seaplane Operations 04
Exclusion of Helicopter Operations

3. Bidding Timelines S.N. Event description Timelines 1
Opening of window for 3rd Round of Bidding and commencement of Registration, adding of routes / network by the applicant (bidder) and submission of query if any, on MSTC e-bid portal
02/11/2018 2
Pre-bid meeting with Prospective bidders
06/11/2018 at 11:00 hrs 3
Last date and time of submission of query
Up to 17:00 hrs on 09/11/2018 4
If required, release of Corrigendum / Final Bidding / Scheme Documents on e-bid portal;
Up to 17:00 hrs on 14/11/2018 5
Date & time of submission of request by the applicant through e-bid portal of UDAN-RCS on MSTC’s website for the followings;
stage length (in km) fixed wing aircraft for RCS Route(s)
Up to 17:00 hrs on 20/11/2018 6
a. Last Date and time of validation of stage length by AAI
Up to 17:00 hrs on 27/11/2018
b. Last Date and time of submission of revised networks / routes, if any,
Note: This is an additional period provided to Applicants for revising their network/routes. Applicant can form networks/ routes considering only the routes for which stage length information was requested in the previous stage of the bidding process in a particular bidding round.
Up to 17:00 hrs on 29/11/2018
Date of validation of revised networks/routes by AAI
Up to 17:00 hrs on 03/12/2018 7
Due date and time for submission of Initial Proposals
Upto 1700 hrs. on 10/12/2018 8
Date of opening of RCS route/network received in Initial proposals
From 1100 hrs on 11/12/2018 9
Invitation for submission of Counter Proposals
19/12/2018 10
Due date and time for submission of Counter Proposals
Upto 1700 hrs on 26/12/2018 11
Date and time of opening of Technical Bid for Initial and Counter Proposals
From 1100 hrs on 27/12/2018 12
Date and time of opening of Financial Proposals (Initial and Counter)
From 1100 hrs on 31/12/2018 13
Date of declaration of Selected Airline Operator and issue of Letter of Intent
07/01/2019 14
Furnishing of Performance Guarantee(PG), Additional Performance Guarantee(APG) (if, required and Signing of SAO Agreement)
PG & APG if any, within 6 months of issue of Letter of Intent, readiness of airport(s) whichever is later or extended period accepted by implementing agency/MoCA.

4. Inclusion of Tourism routes under UDAN 3rd round
Ministry of Tourism intends to enhance air connectivity to select tourist destinations in India
Scope of UDAN Scheme has been expanded to include such routes as part of UDAN 3rd round
Two (2) different kinds of routes, as proposed by the Ministry of Tourism, are available:
Un-served routes connecting un-served / under-served airports (as per definition of RCS routes under the Scheme)
Un-served routes connecting served airports (henceforth referred to as Tourism routes)
For Tourism routes, the following exceptions will be applicable:
Exclusivity of operations will not be available
Airport concessions will not be available
VGF support will be available and governed for these routes as per UDAN framework
Funds for the VGF support for both kind of routes will be provided by Ministry of Tourism

5. Inclusion of NER routes under UDAN 3rd round
Alliance Air currently operates certain routes in North-East Region based on an arrangement with DoNER
The current tenure of award of such routes ends on 31 March 2019
Accordingly, the following routes have also been included in UDAN-3 :
(i) Kolkata – Shillong.
(ii) Guwahati – Lilabari.
(iii) Guwahati – Tejpur.
(iv) Guwahati – Passighat.
RCS Condition for considering only the routes that have been non-operational for a period of one (1) year or more for the bidding process will be relaxed
In order to provide continuing connectivity to the North Eastern region, these routes will need to be made operational from 01 April 2019
Funds for the VGF support for such routes will be provided by Ministry of Civil Aviation

6. Inclusion of seaplane operations
The DGCA has recently allowed flight operations through seaplanes from Water aerodromes
seaplane operations from the published list of Water aerodromes are also allowed under UDAN 3rd round
seaplanes operations with the following types will be allowed under the Scheme from select Water aerodromes:
Category 1A – seaplane with capacity <9 seats
Category 1 – seaplane with capacity 9-20 seats
The VGF per seat will be based on the fixed-wing aircraft for Cat 1 and Cat 1A
RCS Condition for permitting Category 1A aircraft to operate only on Priority RCS Routes will be relaxed for seaplanes
Proposals with seaplanes will be allowed only if either one (1) of origin or destination is a Water aerodrome in the route(s) submitted as part of route/network proposal

7. Prioritization Framework
The Implementing Agency, MoCA and Ministry of Tourism (for routes suggested by them) shall consider prioritize/consider Initial Proposals for counter bidding based on the following parameters
Availability of funds
Readiness of the airports,
Other parameters as already provided in the Scheme document
Amongst similar proposals, the following routes will have higher priority
Proposals with Priority RCS route(s) including the routes currently operated by Alliance Air
Proposals with route(s) proposed by Ministry of Tourism that qualifies as RCS route(s) under the Scheme
Proposal with Tourism route(s)

8. Other Key Changes
Selected Airline Operators (SAO) who have not fulfilled their commitments under UDAN 1st round will not be eligible for bidding.
RCS airports which were part of UDAN 1st round and routes/networks were awarded from/to these airports, but currently having erratic or no flight operations will be available for bidding under the Scheme.
However, the RCS routes/networks which have already been awarded under UDAN 1st round from these airports will not be eligible for proposal submission, only new routes/networks will be allowed.
Helicopter routes are not considered under this particular bidding round.

9. Bidding Mechanism
The bidding mechanism shall remain same as UDAN 1 and UDAN 2 through a portal designed by MSTC for the specific purpose

10. Thank You!!