Lok Sabha Question No. 4522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Services of Aviation Companies
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4522 (To be answered on the March 2018) 22nd

Services of Aviation Companies

## 4522. SHRI NK PREMACHANDRAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details regarding the civil aviation companies registered/licensed for service in the country during the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to give priority to the Government Public Sector Undertakings for giving licence to routes;
- (d) the details regarding the domestic and international routes in which the Government company' s operate;
- (f) if s0, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the licence of any Government company was cancelled on any route during the last three years and given to private airlines;
- (g) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the Government company' $ suffer losses due to the policy adopted by the Government in the civil aviation sector and if s0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a)List of companies issued with Air Operator Certificate for operating Scheduled Air Transport Services in the country during the last three years is at Annexure-L.
- (b)&(c)As per extant policy, due consideration is given to the international operational plans submitted by Air India Ltd. before allocation of international traffic rights to other eligible applicants
- (d)Air India Ltd. (including Alliance Air) currently operates to 75 domestic destinations with 361 flights per and 40 international destinations with 177 flights per List of domestic and international destinations of Air India Ltd. is at Annexure-II. day day.

Pawan Hans Ltd. operates in domestic sector through lease 0f helicopters to State Government; Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited etc:

- (e)No licence of any Government company was cancelled on any route during the last three years. However, Air India Ltd. has withdrawn operations of following routes:

(i)Chennai-Pune and vv in the year 2014

Domestic

(ii)Delhi-Durgapur-Kolkata vv from 17th Jun, 2016.

(iv)Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Pune-Goa & vv withdrawn with effect from 29th Oct; 2017.

(iii) Varanasi-Bhubaneshwar-Varanasi with effect from 1Oth March, 2017.

International

(ii) Varanasi-Kathmandu & Vv route from Oct,2015`

(i)Delhi-Dhaka vv route from Feb,2015.

(f)Does not arise in respect of (e)

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(g) With repeal of Air Corporation Act in March 1994,,the Indian aviation sector was deregulated: Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type; free to select whatever markets and network wish to service and operate. Government has however, laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDGs) with a view to achieve better connectivity 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 RDGs issued by Government: However, Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme [Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN)] in October, 2016 with the objective to facilitate / stimulate regional air connectivity to currently under-served and unserved airports: they

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| SI: No.   | Name of Operator_             | Date of Issue   |                                                                                                               |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 _       | Air Pegasus Pvt. Ltd_         | 24.03.2015      | Suspended W.e.f: 08.11.2016 due to non-availability of aircraft_                                              |
| 2         | Turbo Megha Ainways Pvt: Ltd. | 07.07.2015      | Converted to Scheduled Commuter Operating Permit on 17.05.2017                                                |
| 3         | Air Carnival Pvt. Ltd_        | 04.07.2016      | Suspended 06.06.2017 due to non-availability of aircraft                                                      |
| 4         | LEPL Projects Ltd.            | 03.10.2016      | Suspended 04.05.2017 due to failure of airline to provide safe, efficient and reliable air transport service: |
| 5_        | Zexus Air Services Pvt. Ltd   | 03.02.2017      |                                                                                                               |
| 6         |                               | 22.12.2017      |                                                                                                               |
| 7         | Air Odisha Aviation Ltd.      | 13.02.2018      |                                                                                                               |

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Air) operates.

|      | Domestic Destination   | International Destination   |
|------|------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1    | AGARTALA               | ABU DHABI                   |
| 2    | AGATHI                 | BANCKOK                     |
| 3    | AGRA                   | BAHRAI                      |
| 4    | AHMEDABAD              | BIRMINGHAM                  |
| 5_   | AIZWAL                 | CHICAGAO                    |
| 6    | ALLAHABAD              | COLOMBO                     |
| 7 .  | AMRITSAR               | COPENHAGEN                  |
| 8    | AURANGABAD             | DAMMAM                      |
| 9    | BAGDOGRA               | DHAKA                       |
| 10_  | BENGALURU              | DUBAL                       |
| 11.  | BHATINDA               | FRANKFURT                   |
| 12   | BHAVNAGAR              | HONGKONG                    |
| 13.  | BHOPAL                 | JEDDAH                      |
| 14_  | BHUBANESHWAR           | KABUL                       |
|      | BHUJ                   | KATHMANDU                   |
| 16.  | BIKANER                | KUWAIT                      |
| 17   | CALICUT                | LONDON                      |
| 18   | CHANDIGARH             | MADRID                      |
| 19   | CHENNAI                | MALE                        |
| 20_  | COCHIN                 | MELBOURNE                   |
| 21 _ | COIMBATORE             | MILAN                       |
| 22   | DEHRADUN               | MUSCAT                      |
| 23.  | DELHI                  | NEWARK                      |
| 24   | DHARAMSHALA            | NEW YORK                    |
| 25   | DIBRUGARH              | OSAKA                       |
| 26_  | DIMAPUR                | PARIS                       |
| 27_  | DIU                    | RIYADH                      |
| 28.  | GAYA                   | ROME                        |
| 29   | GOA                    | SAN FRANCISCO               |
| 30_  | GORAKHPUR              | SEOUL                       |
| 31_  | GUWAHATI               | SHANGHA                     |
| 32_  | GWALIOR                | SHARJAH                     |
| 33.  | HUBLI                  | SINGAPORE                   |
| 34_  | HYDERABAD              | STOCKHQLM                   |
| 35.  | IMPHAL                 | SYDNEY                      |
| 36.  | INDORE                 | TOKYO                       |
| 37   | JABALPUR               | VIENNA                      |
|      | JAIPUR                 | WASHINGTON                  |

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## Annexure-Il

|      | JAMMU      | YANGON                                       |
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| 40_  | JAMNAGAR   | TELAVIV (will commence from 22nd March 2018) |
| 41.  | JODHPUR    |                                              |
| 42   | KHAJURAHO  |                                              |
| 43.  | KOLKATA    |                                              |
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| 49   | MADURAI    |                                              |
| 50_  | MANGALORE  |                                              |
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