Lok Sabha Question No. 6229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Capacity Constraints at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the Sth April 2018)

Capacity Constraints at Airports

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO

DR PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

DR SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of airports handling flight services beyond their capacity at present;
- whether the Union Government is implementing regional air-connectivity details thereof;
- (b) whether there are any 66 capacity constraints" in the existing airports with air traffic growing by over 20 per cent; if sO, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of operational airports in the country and the extent t0 which their number would be increased by implementing the UDAN scheme;
- (f) whether disruption in mass transport is 0n the cards with companies such as Hyperloop proposing new-age rapid-transit options, if s0, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Union Government has significantiy stepped up investments in airports for their expansion and if s0, the details thereof; airport-wise;
- (g) whether such proposals might lead to disruptions in regional airconnectivity schemes and if so, the response of the Union Government thereon?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) (b): Four airports namely Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Goa are handling flight services beyond their capacity on account of airspace constraints. According to the passenger traffic handled during the vear 2016-

17, 13 airports namely Rajkot; Nagpur, Patna, Leh, Dehradun; Bagdogra, Jammu; Port Blair, Imphal'" Agartala, Guwahati, Jaipur and Coimbatore have handled more passengers than their terminal capacity:

Presently, there are 98 operational airports (with and without scheduled flight operations) in the country. Airports Authority of India (AAI), the implementing agency of RCS-UDAN has identified 43 airports (31 unserved & 12 underserved) in the Ist round of bidding and 30 airports (25 unserved & 5 underserved) in the 2nd round of bidding for operation of RCS flights

(c) & (d): The primary objective of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN is t0 facilitate stimulate regional air connectivity making it affordable. In order to implement the scheme, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a budgetary provision of Rs. 4500 crores for revival of un-served/underserved airportslairstrips in the country: The revival of airstripslairports is 'demand driven" depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions. by

(e): Expansion/development of airports is a continuous process, which is undertaken by AAI from time to time depending on the traffic demand, the upgradation /development work %f airports at Surat; Kolkata, Dimapur, Amritsar; Tezu, Port Blair ; Hubli, Belgaum, Kishangarh, Gorakhpur, Jammu; Calicut; Pakyong; Agartala, Guwahati and Trivandrum: Further, AAT has planned to invest Rs. 20,178 Crores for the period 2016-17 to 2021-22 for upgrading airport infrastructure and services. Further, a comprehensive aviation capacity expansion program, NABH (NextGen Airports for Bharat) Nirman, as announced in the Union Budget 2018, intended at developing sufficient airport and air space capacity. NABH Nirman, a multi-year program, envisages to expand India's aviation capacity over five times to serve a billion passenger a year: This program includes overall passenger growth projections, detailed passenger forecasts for all major airports; new regulatory approaches for greenfield and brownfield airports, collaborative urban and land planning frameworks with various states, and necessary financing to build out aviation capacity. trips.

Government of India (Gol) has also granted 'in principle" approval for setting up of the 19 Greenfield airports and has further granted "site clearance approval for setting "p Of the another 7 Greenfield airports (f) & (g): The Regional Air Connectivity Scheme is planned to connect remote areas to major cities whereas the rapid transport system aims to connect major cities. Hence these are complementary to each other.

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