Lok Sabha Question No. 1871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Airports without Flight Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA, P. C. MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

NO.

UNSTARRED

1871

(To be answered on the July 2017)

## AIRPORTS WITHOUT FLIGHT OPERATIONS

1871.

SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA SHRI P.C. MOHAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of airports/airstrips in the coun at present which are not used or operationalised without flights, StatelUT-wise; try being
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make all such airports operational by introducing flights from there;
- (b) the loss of revenue that the Government has accrued/likely to accrue because of nonoperationalisation of flights;
- (d) whether the Government has adopted any process for cO-ordination among various States in this regard;
- the names of the companies which have shown interest in introducing llights from above airports and on such air routes?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

- (e) if s0, the details thereof; and

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Details of 'Non-Operational Airports Operational Airports' of Airports Authority of India (AAI) without flights operations are at Annexure 1 & II.

financial year 2016-17 and the aggregate loss of revenue from the remaining airports is Rs. 216.78 Crore for the same financial year:

(c) to Ke): Flight operations in domestic sector have been deregulated and the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) issued by the Government; It is upto the airline operators to provide air services to specific places depending upon the traffic demand Sad commercial viability; However ; Ministry %f Civil Aviation has iaunched Regional Connectivity Scheme (Ude Desh ka Aain Naagrik (UDAN)I in October, 2016 with the objective to facilitate stimulate regional air connectivity to currently underserved and unserved airports by making it affordable

The revival of airstripslairports is "demand drivenS depending upon firm commitment from airline or less on ATF provision 0f security and fire services free of cost etc. The State Governments are required to sign an Memorandum Or Understanding with Govt. of India to participate routes networks to bidderslairline operators who submit valid proposals and quote the lowest Viability Can Fundina (CD 3 such routes Jct

(: Turbo Megha Airways Pvt Ltd, Air Odisha Aviation Pvt Ltd,, Spicejet Ltd. Deccan Charters Pvt Ltd; and Airline Allied Services Ltd. have shown interest in introducing fights O various routes under UDAN scheme.

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## LIST OF NON-OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS

|    |                   | NAME OF AIRPORT        |
|----|-------------------|------------------------|
|  1 | ANDHRAPRADESH     | DONAKONDA              |
|  2 |                   | DAPARIZO               |
|  3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | PASSIGHAT              |
|  4 |                   | TEZU                   |
|  5 |                   | RUPSL                  |
|  6 | ASSAM             | SKELLA                 |
|  7 | BIHAR             | JOGBANI                |
|  8 |                   | MUZAFFARPUR            |
|  9 |                   | RAXAUL                 |
| 10 | CHATTISGARH       | BILASPUR               |
| 11 | GUJARAT           | DEESA (PALANPUR)       |
| 12 | JHARKHAND         | CHAKULIA               |
| 13 |                   | DEOGARH                |
| 14 | MADHYA PRADESH    | KHANDWA                |
| 15 | MADHYA PRADESH    | PANNA                  |
| 16 | MADHYA PRADESH    | SATNA AIZAWAL (TURIAL) |
| 17 | MZORAM            |                        |
| 18 | ORISSA            | JHARSUGUDA             |
| 19 | RAJASTHAN         | KISHANGARH             |
| 20 | TELANGANA         | NADIRGUL'              |
| 21 | TELANGANA         | WARANGAL               |
| 22 | TAMIL NADU        | VELLORE                |
| 23 | TAMIL NADU        | THANJAVUR (CE)         |
| 24 | TRIPURA           | KAILASHAHAR            |
| 25 |                   | KAMALPUR               |
| 26 |                   | KHOWA                  |
| 27 | UTTAR PRADESH     | LALITPUR               |
| 28 | WEST BENGAL       | ASANSOL                |
| 29 | WEST BENGAL       | BALURGHAT              |
| 30 | WEST BENGAL       | MALDA                  |

## LIST OF OPERATIONAL AIRPORTS WITHOUT SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS

|   SNo | Name of StateL UT   | AirportICivil Enclave   |
|-------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|     1 | DELHI (UT)          | SAFDARJUNC(DELHI)       |
|     2 | GUJARAT             | KESHOD (JUNAGARH)       |
|     3 | KARNATAKA           | HAL BANGALORE           |
|     4 |                     | MYSQRE                  |
|     5 | MAHARASHTRA         | AKOLA                   |
|     6 |                     | GONDIA                  |
|     7 |                     | JALGAON                 |
|     8 |                     | JUKU (MUMBAI)           |
|     9 |                     | KOLHAPUR                |
|    10 |                     | SHOLAPUR                |
|    11 | PUDUCHERRY          | PUDUCHERRY              |
|    12 | PUNJAB              | LUDHIANA                |
|    13 |                     | PATHANKOT (CE)          |
|    14 | RAJASTHAN           | BIKANER (CE)            |
|    15 |                     | JAISALMER (CEL          |
|    16 |                     | KOTA                    |
|    17 | TELANGANA           | HYDERABAD(BEGUMPET)     |
|    18 | TAML NADU           | SALEM                   |
|    19 | UTTAR PRADESH       | KANPUR (CIVIL)          |
|    20 |                     | KANPUR (CHAKERI)(CE)    |
|    21 | WEST BENGAL         | COOCH BEHAR             |
|    22 |                     | BEHALA                  |

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