Lok Sabha Question No. 3956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Operational Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: G. HARI

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3956 (To be answered on the August 2017) loth

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS

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SHRI G. HARI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- (a): whether the Government has envisaged development of 175 civilian airports to take the total number of operational airports upto 250 from 75 at present at an estimated investment of Rs.3.0 lakh crore in the next 10- 15 years, if so, the details thereof; upto
- (c): whether lack of airport infrastructure is seen aS a major hurdle in the way of smooth expansion of  airports at Mumbai and Chennai; and (d): if sO, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard? heing
- (b): whether domestic passenger traffic of India has grown to nearly 10 crores this year so far growing at over 23 per cent and making India the third largest aviation market after the USA and China and if sO, the details thereof;`

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Ministry of Civil Aviation has en visaged a scheme for Regional Connectivity in the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2016. This scheme is being implemented way of revival of un-served or under-served airports/routes, concessions by different stakeholders and viability gap funding (VGF): It is planned to revive 50 airstripslairports at an estimated cost of Rs.4500 crores. However, the development of airportslairstrips is to be undertaken only in those states where the State Govt: agrees to provide requisite concessions and there is a firm commitment from airlines to fly from/to such airports. In addition, several new greenfield airports are also being planned. At present, Government of India has granted 'in-principle approval for setting up of the 18 Greenfield airports in the country. The list 0f these airports is 4s under: Mopa in Goa Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra Bijapur, Gulbarga, Hasan and Shimoga in Karnataka Kannur in Kerala Durgapur in West Bengal Dabra in Madhya Pradesh Pakyong in Sikkim Karaikal in by\_

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- Pudducherry Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh Dholera in Gujrat and Dagadarthi Mendal, Nellore Dist., Bhogapuram in  Vizianagaram District near Visakhapatnam and Oravakallu in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh: In addition, Government of India has granted site clearance" for setting up of the 7 Greenfield airports in the country: The list of these airports is as under: Machiwara, Ludhiana Airport Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh Jamshedpur in Jharkhand Alwar in Rajasthan Kothagudem in Telangana Hirasar in Rajkot
- (b): As per the data collected Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA); passengers carried by domestic airlines during the calendar year 2016 (January-December) were 998.88 lakhs as against 810.91 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year thereby registering a growth 0f 23.18 percent: As per Annual Review-2017, released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA); India is ranked 3rd among the top ten increasing Origin-Destination passenger markets in the world during 2016. by
- (c) & (d): Development/upgradation of airports is a continuous process depending on the traffic demand, availability of land & resources, environment clearance; approval from the regulatory authorities, removal of obstructions; etc. Normally, passenger handling capacity is planned considering the future passenger traffic growth and the land availability: Mumbai airport is a land constrained airport and further expansion of the airport is nct feasible due to non-availability of the land: Despite such constraint, Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) has undertaken various Airside and Terminal side improvements through the usage of higher technologies s0 as to increase per hour aircraft movements and also to reduce the waiting time in the terminal area. Besides, Government of India has granted approval to the State Government of Maharashtra for construction of a new Greenfield international airport at Navi Mumbai as an alternative to the existing Mumbai airport: State Government has already completed the tendering process for engaging the private partner for implementing the Navi Mumbai airport project. Chennai airport has sufficient capacity for handling the present traffic. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken various developmenthupgradation works at Chennai Airport at a project cost of approx Rs 2100 cr, with a view to handle traffic till 2030 with the expanded capacity. '`

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