Lok Sabha Question No. 1321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Airports without Flight Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED  eUESTION NO.: l32l

## LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the 9tn February  2017)

## AIRPORTS WITHOUT FLIGHT OPERATIONS

## 1321.  SHRI BTIARAT SINGH

Will the Minister  of CIVIL AVIATION drdFfufir6;dJI*

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number  gf airports  in the country  which are technically operational but do not handle a single flight;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government  to operate flighti from all the airports in the countrv?
- (b)  the details  of the loss incuried  as a result thereof;  and

## ANSWI,R

Minister of State in the Ministry  of CIVIL AVIATION drrEftflffdaixl-ds#wailff

(Shri  Jayant Sinha)

f1l$ !.Ul, 22 operational.airports  owned and managed by Airports  Authority of India in lhe country do not.h^ave scheduled flight oferations.  Howevei, most oJ the-se\_airp-orts.  are used for General Aviation p'r.po.es and handles non-scheduled  and training flights. The details of profii eainedfloss  incurred at these airports are al AnDexure-I.

(c)-: Flight operations in the domestic sector have been deregulated  and the airline,s are \_free to.operate anywhere in the country subject to ft.oute Dispersal Guidelines  (RDGs)  issued by the Government. Tlie airiine operators piovide air.se.ruices  to specific  places depending  upon the traffic demand,  cominercial viability  and their company policy. However,  Government  of India has launched. legional  Connectivity Scheme under National Civil Aviation Folicy, 2016 which envisages revival of unserved and underservea airports in iir"d country in order to promote  balanced regional growth, The schemi is demand driven-

## Annexure-l

| LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS   | LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS   | LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS   | LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS   | LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| s. No.                                                             | AIRPORT NAME                                                       | TOIAL REVENUE                                                      | EXPENDITURE                                                        | Profit (+) / Loss (-) 2015-16                                      |
| 1                                                                  | AKOLA                                                              | 0.01                                                               | 1.51                                                               | -1.50                                                              |
| 2                                                                  | BANGALORE(HAL)                                                     | 48.25                                                              | 60.04                                                              | -11.79                                                             |
| 3                                                                  | BIKANER                                                            | 0.01                                                               | 3.83                                                               | -3.82                                                              |
| 4                                                                  | COOCH-BEHAR                                                        | 0.60                                                               | 489                                                                | -4.29                                                              |
|                                                                    | DETHI (SAFDARI U NG )                                              | 5.15                                                               | 48.16                                                              | 43.01                                                              |
| 6                                                                  | GONDIA                                                             | 4.63                                                               | 12.31                                                              | -7.68                                                              |
| 7                                                                  | HYDERAEAD (HAL}                                                    | 75.77                                                              | 86.98                                                              | -11.21                                                             |
| I                                                                  | JAISALMER                                                          | 0.05                                                               | 1.36                                                               | -1.31                                                              |
| 9                                                                  | JATGAON                                                            | 0.00                                                               | 2.23                                                               | -2.23                                                              |
| 10                                                                 | IUHU                                                               | 14_17                                                              | 14.69                                                              | 60.08                                                              |
| 11                                                                 | KANDLA                                                             | 0.04                                                               | 6.62                                                               | -6.58                                                              |
| 12                                                                 | KANPU R                                                            | 0.55                                                               | 11.37                                                              | -10.82                                                             |
| 13                                                                 | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)                                                  | o.02                                                               | 2.21                                                               | -2.19                                                              |
| 14                                                                 | KHOTHAPUR                                                          | 0.06                                                               | 3.34                                                               | -3.28                                                              |
| 15                                                                 | KOTA                                                               | 0.54                                                               | 2.09                                                               | -1.55                                                              |
| 16                                                                 | LUDHIANA                                                           | 0.18                                                               | 3.46                                                               | -3.28                                                              |
| 17                                                                 | MYSORE                                                             |                                                                    | 9.57                                                               | -7.24                                                              |
| 18                                                                 | PATHANKOT                                                          | 0.01                                                               | 2.58                                                               | -2.57                                                              |
| 19                                                                 | PONDICHIRRY                                                        | 5.68                                                               | 1L.46                                                              | -5.78                                                              |
| 20                                                                 | SALEM                                                              | 1.51                                                               | 4.61                                                               | -3.16                                                              |
| 21                                                                 | SHIM LA                                                            | 0.02                                                               | 10.19                                                              | -10.17                                                             |
| 22                                                                 | SHOLAP U R                                                         | 0.05                                                               | 1.69                                                               | -1.64                                                              |