Lok Sabha Question No. 4512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Improvement in Air Connectivity
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4512 (To be answered on the March 2018) 22nd

Improvement in Air Connectivity

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SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION~~~

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' be pleased to state:-

- (d hether the Government has conducted any study to identify un-served dudiugdee Sestedrereas 0 the country for improvement ofer conneceiviey the last three years and the current year; during
- ()rlihether the cases %f deviation %f Route Dispersal Guidelines by various
- (b) if the details and outcome thereof; StatefUT-wise and if the therefor; not, reasons SO,
- (d) if s0, the details thereof with the action taken/being taken period; Airline-wise; thereon, along
- (0 the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to air connectivity in un-served and under served areas of the country?
- feetherereeent status %f the development %f Greenfield Airports that have been granted approval the said period; and during

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Minister 0f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) & (b): No such has been carried out by this Ministry: study

mentions tentative list %f underserved and unserved by

support measures and

(ii) Financial (Viability Funding or VGF) support to meet the gap, if any, Gap

between the cost of airline operations and expected revenues on such routes.

- (c) & (d): Two cases of deviation in respect of Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) by Go Air and Vistara airlines came to the notice of Directorate General 0f Civil Aviation (DGCA) while analyzing the month wise compliance of RDG. Details of the deviations and the actions taken by the DGCA are as follows:
- ii) During the month of November 2017, it was observed that Vistara defaulted in complying the minimum requirements in CAT IIA category. The actual ASKM deployment (%) in CAT IIA routes for Vistara was observed as 0.40%  against minimum capability requirement of 1% in accordance with RDG issued by the Government:
- i) During the month of October 2016, it was observed that Go Air\_defaulted in compiying the minimum requirements in CAT IIA category: The actual Available Seat per Kilometer (ASKM) deployment (%) in CAT IIA routes for Go Air was observed as 0.63% against minimum capability requirement of 1% in accordance with RDG issued by the Government:

DGCA issued Show Cause Notice to both the airlines. The defaulted airlines completed their ASKM deployment in CAT IIA routes from next subsequent month onwards\_ Both the airlines are now compliant to the RDG requirements issued by the Government.

- (e): This Ministry has granted in-principle approval for setting up of Greenfield airport at Dholera and Hirasar (Rajkot) in Gujarat; Dagadarthi (Nellore), Bhogapuram (Vizianagaram) and Oravakallu (Kurnool) in Andhra Pradesh and 'site clearance' approval for setting up of Greenfield Airport at Bhiwadi (district Alwar) in Rajasthan, Kothagudem (Khammam) in Telangana, Noida International Airport near Jewar in Uttar Pradesh and Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh during the last three years and the current year:
- (f): RCS-UDAN is market driven mechanism. Development of regional air connectivity routes is left to market forces such that airlines undertake assessment of demand and nature of supply required on particular routes and lead the process under RCS.

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