UDAN Yatri Cafe latest news: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has expanded the ‘UDAN Yatri Cafe’ to 24 airports across the country. The move aims at providing affordable food and beverage options for passengers at airports. The initiative is also a part of a broader strategy to modernise airport infrastructure, while ensuring that air travel remains a viable option for more people, it said.

The country’s first UDAN Yatri Cafe was inaugurated on December 19, 2024, at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Following Kolkata, the UDAN Yatri Cafe was launched at Chennai Airport, one of the oldest airports in the country. UDAN Yatri Cafe has now been expanded to 24 airports across the country. Here’s the full list:

Kolkata Airport, Hyderabad Airport, Chennai Airport, Vijayawada Airport, Hollongi (Arunachal Pradesh) Airport, Ahmedabad Airport, Pune Airport, Surat Airport, Mumbai Airport, Bhubaneshwar Airport, Coimbatore Airport, Trivandrum Airport, Mangaluru Airport, Rajkot Airport, Chandigarh Airport, Jammu Airport, Patna Airport, Indore Airport, Amritsar Airport, Varanasi Airport, Gwalior Airport, Agartala Airport, Jaipur Airport and Lucknow Airport.

In a written statement in Lok Sabha, Murlidhar Mohol, Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Civil Aviation said: “To address the demand for affordable food and beverage options for passengers, initiatives have been undertaken at several airports, including those developed under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, to introduce low-cost outlets such as UDAN Yatri Cafes. The introduction of ‘Udan Yatri Cafe’ or similar low-cost outlets at other airports is at the discretion of the respective airport operators.”