New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- India's regional air connectivity scheme, UDAN, has enabled 1.72 crore passengers to travel by air and operationalised 687 routes across the country since its launch in October 2016, according to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) backgrounder released on Tuesday ahead of the scheme's tenth anniversary.

Titled Wings of Change: 10 Years of Redefining Regional Air Connectivity through UDAN, the backgrounder highlights the expansion of regional aviation and the government's efforts to improve air connectivity to smaller cities and remote areas through financial assistance and policy support.

Since its launch, the UDAN scheme has facilitated more than 3.68 lakh flights across the country, according to the PIB release. It...