Lok Sabha Question No. 3207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Growth of Aviation Sector
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, RAM CHARITRA, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3207 (To be answered 0n the August 2017) 3rd

## GROWTH OF AVIATION SECTOR

3207.

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether there are 'capacity\_constraints" at the existing airports with air traffic growing by over 20 per cent; if s0, the details thereof;
- (c) if so, the details of plan prepared therefor;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to build new airports, adding new terminals and improving the efficiency of existing terminals to meet the growth in aviation sector;
- (d) whether the various State Governments have signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the implementation of the UDAN scheme;
- (f) whether the Government is implementing regional air-connectivity scheme, UDAN to provide operational airports in the country and the extent to which it would increase by implementing the UDAN scheme;
- (e) if s0, the details thereof;
- (g) whether the Government has significantly stepped up investments in airports, if so, the details thereof; airportwise; and
- (h) whether disruption in mass transport is O the cards with companies such as Hyperloop proposing new-age rapid-transit options and such proposals might lead to disruptions in regional air-conneetivity schemes and if s0, the response 0f the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Madam:The present infrastructure capacity at Indian airports is sufficient to meet the traffic demand: However; the capacity of some of the airports is nearing saturation: At present 25 operational airports has almost reached saturation 0r nearing saturation point and the enhance #he canacit +0 No, witi iie iraiiic demand.

(b) (c): Government of India (Gol) has granted "in principle" approval for setting up of the 18 Greenfield airports, namely, in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra,\_Bijapur, Gulbarga, Hasan and Shimoga in Karnataka, Kannur in Kerala, Durgapur in West Bengal, Dabra in Madhya Pradesh, Pakyong in Sikkim; Karaikal in Puducherry, Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera in Gujarat and Dagadarthi Mendal Nellore Dist , Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram District near Visakhapatnam and Oravakallu in Kurnool Mopa

District; Andhra Pradesh.

Further, Gol has granted "site clearance" approval for setting "pof 7 Greenfield airports; namely; Machiwara, Ludhiana Airport; Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Alwar in Rajasthan; Kothagudem in Telangana, Rajkot in Gujarat and Jewar in Uttar Pradesh; The airport projects at Andal, Durgapur; West Bengal and Kannur in Kerala have been completed; Operations at Durgapur airport have commenced on I8th May, 2015 and the trial landing of Kannur airport has also been completed:

Constructing new Terminal Building or improving the efficiency %f existing Terminals is & continuous process and is undertaker by Airports Authority 0f India (AAD) from time to time depending on the traffic demand, operational requirements, availability of land etc

(d) & (e): Yes; Madam: The Governments of Andhra Pradesh; Assam Chhattisgarh; Danan Kashmir; Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; Meghalaya, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry (UT), Telangana Uttarakhand Uttar Haryana & Bihar have singed Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry Of Civil Aviation for the implementation of the UDAN scheme

(f: The primary objective of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN is to facilitate / stimulate air connectivity by 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 weli as from the State Government for providing various concessions; regional

Presently, there are 96 operational airports (with and without scheduled flight operations)in the unserved and under-served airports to 5 selected airlines for commencing operations under

(g): Based on traffic growth at the existing airports, AAL has prepared 2 plan for investment of {.17500 Crore for capacity enhancemenf at various airports in the country by "pgradation %f infrastructure at operational airports, revival Of non-operational airports, strengthening of Air Navigation Services (ANS) infrastructure; installation Of solar power plants, etc

(h): The Regional Air Connectivity Scheme   (UDAN) is planned to connect remote areas to major cities whereas the transport aims to connect major cities. Hence these are complementary to each other. system rapid

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