New Bengaluru-Mysuru flight from June 7, to operate 5 times a week

The 70-seat ATR-72 flights will ply between the two cities on all days of the week barring Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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From June 7, passengers can fly from Bengaluru to Mysuru, as a new regular flight connecting the two cities is being launched under the central government’s UDAN scheme. The announcement was made by Pratap Simha who got re-elected for the second time in the recently concluded 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Mysuru-Kodagu seat.

“Will flag off the Bengaluru-Mysuru flight on June 7th. Thank u @narendramodi ji and @jayantsinha ji,” the MP-elect tweeted on Monday.

Will flag off the Bengaluru-Mysuru flight on June 7th. Thank u @narendramodi ji and @jayantsinha ji. pic.twitter.com/6i0AqOkmjw May 27, 2019

Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first term as part of a Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).

The flights will be operated by government-run Air India’s subsidiary Alliance Air. The 70-seat ATR-72 flights will ply between the two cities on all days of the week barring Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Fares for this price will start as low as Rs 1,365 and the fares can go up to a maximum of Rs 5,000 following the dynamic pricing model as per the UDAN scheme guidelines.

The flights will leave Bengaluru at 10:30 am and land in Mysuru at 11:25 am. The return flight will depart at 12 pm and land in Bengaluru at 1 pm.

Alliance Air had earlier operated similar flights between the two cities for 10 days during the Dasara festival in October 2018 to cater to the festival rush of international travellers. The service was started following a Memorandum of Understanding between the state government-run Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) and Alliance Air. At that time, the special prices had started at Rs 999.

At present, the fastest train Chennai-Mysuru Shatabdi Express which travels six days a week takes two hours to cover the distance between the two cities.

The two cities are little more than 150 km apart and it takes more than four hours to cover the distance by road during the day owing to traffic congestion on the road to Mysuru. Further, regular bus fare costs at least Rs 129 and Rs 330 for a luxury bus, run by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation.