Lok Sabha Question No. 178 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Air Connectivity
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA 8 178 (To be answered on the July 2017) 27th

## AIR CONNECTIVITY

*178.

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to connect   each of the District/Divisional Headquarters in the country by air services; (b) if s0, the details thereof; State-wise;
- (d) the names 0f the District/Divisional Headquarters likely to air links during the next financial get year?
- (c) the number of District/Divisional Headquarters in the country linked air services as of now, State/UT-wise; and by

## ANSWER

(Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati)

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 178, REGARDING AIR CONNECTIVITY" TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017.

(a) to (c): With repeal of Air Corporation Act in March 1994, the Indian domestic aviation was deregulated: Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type, free to select whatever markets and network wish to service and operate: However, Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) with a view to achieve better regulation of air transport services of different regions of the country. As such, the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance with RDG issued by Government: Ministry of Civil Aviation has however; launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme on 2110-2016 for providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country: The primary objective of RCS is to facilitate/ stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable by providing Viability Funding (VGF) and other concessions to the selected airline operators under RCS. they Gap

List of the cities in the country, State/Union Territory-wise having air connectivity available as on date is annexed at Annexure-l\_

(d): The airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance with RDG issued by Government\_and compliance of safety guidelines issued by Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

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| No_                                                       | State                                                     | Names of Cities Air linked                                | No of Airports   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| States                                                    | States                                                    | States                                                    | States           |
| 1                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                            | Rajamundry, Tirupati; Vijayawada, Vizag, Cuddapah         | 5                |
| 2                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                         |                                                           |                  |
| 3_                                                        | Assam                                                     | Tezpur                                                    | 6                |
| 4                                                         | Bihar_                                                    | Gaya_Patna                                                | 2                |
| 5_                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                              | Raipur                                                    | 1                |
| 6_                                                        | Delhi                                                     | Delhi                                                     | 1                |
| 7                                                         | Goa                                                       | Goa                                                       |                  |
| 8                                                         | Gujarat                                                   | Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar,                     | 9                |
| 9_                                                        | Haryana                                                   |                                                           |                  |
| 10.                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                          | Dharamshala_Kullu_Shimla                                  | 3                |
| 11.                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                           | Jammu_Leh_Srinagar__Thoise.                               |                  |
| 12                                                        | Jharkhand                                                 | Ranchi                                                    |                  |
| 13.                                                       | Karnataka                                                 | Bangalore_Belgaum,Mangalore_Hubli                         |                  |
| 14.                                                       | Kerala                                                    | Calicut_Cochin_Trivandrum                                 |                  |
| 15.                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                            | Bhopal_ Gwalior_Indore_Jabalpur_Khajuraho                 |                  |
| 16.                                                       | Maharashtra                                               | Aurangabad,_Mumbai_Nagpur,_Pune, Nanded                   | 5                |
| 17 .                                                      | Manipur                                                   | Imphal_                                                   | 1                |
| 18.                                                       | Meghalaya                                                 | Shillong                                                  |                  |
| 19.                                                       | Mizoram                                                   | Aizwal                                                    | 1                |
| 20                                                        | Nagaland                                                  | Dimapur                                                   |                  |
| 21_                                                       | Orissa                                                    | Bhubaneswar                                               | 1                |
| 22.                                                       | Punjab                                                    | Amritsar,Bhatinda                                         | 2                |
| 23.                                                       | Rajasthan                                                 |                                                           | 3                |
| 24                                                        | Sikkim                                                    |                                                           |                  |
| 25.                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                | Chennai,_Coimbatore_Madurai__Trichy, Tuticorin            | 5                |
| 26                                                        | Telangana                                                 | Hyderabad                                                 | 1                |
| 27 .                                                      | Tripura                                                   | Agartala                                                  | 1                |
| 28.                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                             | Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Varanasi,_Kanpur     |                  |
| 29.                                                       | Uttaranchal                                               | Dehradun_ Pant Nagar                                      |                  |
| 30_                                                       | West Bengal                                               | Bagdogra,Kolkata,_Durgapur                                | 3                |
| UnionTerritories                                          | UnionTerritories                                          | UnionTerritories                                          | UnionTerritories |
| 1                                                         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                 | Port Blair                                                |                  |
| 2                                                         | Lakshadweep Islands_                                      | Agatti                                                    |                  |
| 3.                                                        | Chandigarh                                                | Chandigarh                                                |                  |
|                                                           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                      |                                                           |                  |
| 5_                                                        | Daman & Diu                                               | Diu                                                       |                  |
| Number of cities_connected_by Scheduled domestic carriers | Number of cities_connected_by Scheduled domestic carriers | Number of cities_connected_by Scheduled domestic carriers | 82               |

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