Lok Sabha Question No. 2557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Setting up of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2557 (To be answered on the August 2018) 2nd

## SETTING UP OF AIRPORTS

2557.

SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA DR PK BIJU

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

(a): whether the Government has taken any initiative to establish regular airports in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities already having old airstrips in Telangana State and if s0, the details thereof;

- (c); the details of the airports that were converted into regular airports having old airstrips in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b): if not; the reasons therefor;
- (d): the total number of domestic and international passengers who travelled through the airports in Kerala during the last three years; and
- (e): the details of funds released for the development of different airports and air navigation infrastructure in Kerala during 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and till date?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) to (c): National Civil Aviation Policy, 2016, has & provision for promotion of regional connectivity by way of revival of un-served and under-served airportslairstrips under Regional Connectivity Scheme RCS-UDAN Howeverrevival of such airports is "demand-driven depending on firm demand from the airline operators and where the State Government agrees to provide various concessions envisaged in the policy. The list of airports to which the airlines shown interest to operate are at Annexure I

(e): Airports Authority of India (AAD) has incurred an amount of Rs; 22.97 crore in 2014 15, Rs. 75.07 crore in 2015-16,Rs 154.85 crore in 2016-17 and Rs; 48.53 crore in 2017-18 for the development of airports in Kerala: Besides; a total expenditure of Rs 12.28 crore incurred from 2014-15 till date for air navigation infrastructure in Kerala:

(d): The total number %f domestic and international passengers handled by the airports in Kerala are 13.53 million in 2015-16, 15.49 million in 2016-17 and 17.71 million in 201718.

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## Airports awarded in round RCS 1st

|    | Name of Airport   | State            | Owner                   |
|----|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|  1 | Kadapa            | Andhra Pradesh   | AAI                     |
|  2 | Bhavnagar         | Gujarat          | AAI                     |
|  3 | Porbandar         | Gujarat          | AAI                     |
|  4 | Kandla            | Gujarat          | . AAI                   |
|  5 | Kullu (Bhuntar)   | Himachal Pradesh | AAI                     |
|  6 | Shimla            | Himachal Pradesh | AAI                     |
|  7 | Mysore            | Karnataka        | AAI                     |
|  8 | Shillong          | Meghalaya        | AAI                     |
|  9 | Ludhiana          | Punjab           | AAI                     |
| 10 | Salem             | Tamil Nadu       | AAI                     |
| 11 | Pondicherry       | U:T              | AAI                     |
| 12 | Pantnagar         | Uttrakhand       | AAI                     |
| 13 | Cooch Behar       | West Bengal      | AAI                     |
| 14 | Bilaspur          | Chhattisgarh     | AAI                     |
| 15 | Jalgaon '         | Maharashtra      | AAI                     |
| 16 | Kolhapur          | Maharashtra      | AAI .                   |
| 17 | Sholapur          | Maharashtra      | AAI                     |
| 18 | Jharsuguda        | Odisha           | AAI                     |
| 19 | Bikaner (Nal)     | Rajasthan        | AAI /CIVIL ENCLAVE      |
| 20 | Jamnagar          | Gujarat          | AAI /CIVIL ENCLAVE      |
| 21 | Gwalior           | Madhya Pradesh   | AAI /CIVIL ENCLAVE      |
| 22 | Bhatinda          | Punjab           | AAI CIVIL ENCLAVE       |
| 23 | Pathankot         | Punjab           | AAI CIVIL ENCLAVE       |
| 24 | Jaisalmer         | Rajasthan        | AAI CiVIL ENCLAVE       |
| 25 | Agra              | Uttar Pradesh    | AAI CIVIL ENCLAVE       |
| 26 | Kanpur (Chakeri)  | Uttar Pradesh    | AAI CIVIL ENCLAVE       |
| 27 | Adampur           | Punjab           | MoD (IAF)               |
| 28 | Ozar (Nasik)      | Maharashtra      | MoD (HAL)               |
| 29 | Burnpur           | West Bengal      | PSU SAIL                |
| 30 | Neyveli           | Tamil Nadu       | PSU (Neyveli Lignite)   |
| 31 | Rourkela          | Odisha           | PSU, SAIL               |
| 32 | Nanded            | Maharashtra      | STATE GOVT.             |
| 33 | Ambikapur         | Chhattisgarh     | STATE GOVT.             |
| 34 | Jagdalpur         | Chhattisgarh     | STATE GOVT,             |
| 35 | Jeypore           | Odisha           | STATE GOVT.             |
| 36 | Utkela            | Odisha           | STATE GOVT.             |
| 37 | Diu               |                  | UT                      |
| 38 | Durgapur          | West Bengal      | PRIVATE (B APL)         |
| 39 | Mundra            | Gujarat          | PRIVATE P&SEZ(ADANI)    |
| 40 | Mithapur          | Gujarat          | PRIVATE/ TATA CHEMICALS |
| 41 | Jamshedpur        | Jharkhand        | PRIVATE TATA STEEL      |
| 42 | Raigarh           | Chhattisgarh     | PRIVATE JSPL            |
| 43 | Vidyanagar        | Karnataka        | PRIVATE JSWL            |

## Airports awarded in round RCS 2ND

| Sr. No   | Airport (D)    | State             | Owner            |
|----------|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 13       | Passighat      | Arunachal Pradesh | IAF              |
|          | Tezu           | Arunachal Pradesh | AAI              |
| 3.       | Rupsi          | Assam .           | AAI              |
| 4_       | Darbhunga      | Bihar             | IAF              |
| 5_       | Keshod         | Gujarat           | AAI              |
| 6.       | Hissar         | Haryana           | State Government |
| 7.       | Kargil         | Jammu and Kashmir | IAF              |
| 8_       | Bokaro         | Jharkhand         | SAIL             |
| 9_       | Dumka          | Jharkhand         | State Government |
| 10       | Baldota/Koppal | Karnataka         | ASPL Ltd.        |
| 11.      | Kannur         | Kerala            | KIAL             |
| 12_      | Kishangarh     | Rajasthan         | AAI              |
| 13.      | Uterlai        | Rajasthan         | IAF              |
| 14.      | Pakyong        | Sikkim            | AAI              |
| 15.      | Tanjore        | Tamil Nadu        | IAF              |
| 16.      | Vellore        | Tamil Nadu        | AAI              |
| 17.      | Aligarh        | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 18.      | Azamgarh       | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 19.      | Bareilly       | Uttar Pradesh     | IAF              |
| 20       | Chitrakoot     | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 21.      | Jhansi         | Uttar Pradesh     | AAI              |
| 22       | Moradabad      | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 23.      | Muirpur(Korba) | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 24.      | Shravasti      | Uttar Pradesh     | State Government |
| 25.      | Pithoragarh    | Uttarakhand       | State Government |
| 26.      | Jorhat         | Assam             | IAF (CE AAI)     |
| 27 .     | Lilabari       | Assam             | AAI              |
| 28.      | Tezpur         | Assam             | IAF (CE AAI)     |
| 29       | Hubli          | Karnataka         | AAI              |
| 30.      | Allahabad      | Uttar Pradesh     | IAF {CE AAI)     |

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