Lok Sabha Question No. 878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Regional Connectivity Scheme/UDAN
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI, SANJAY JAISWAL, (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG), MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, C. MAHENDRAN, RAM CHARITRA, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, G. HARI, Partha Pratim Ray, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, V. SATHYABAMA, RANJANBEN BHATT, PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, SANTOSH KUMAR

## GOVEERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 878 (To be answered on the 20th July 2017)

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## REGIONAL CONNECTMVITY SCHEMEIUDAN

878.

SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU

DR. SANJAY JAISWAL

DR. RATNA DE (NAG)

SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

SHRI C MAHENDRAN

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD

SHRI KIRTI AZAD

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

SHRI G. HARI

SHRI PARTHA PRATIM RAY

DR C GOPALAKRISHNAN

SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT

SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

DR. KRRIT P. SOLANKI

SHRI SANTOSH KIMAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL; AVIATION

be pleased t0 state:-

- (a) whether the Government has implemented UDAN scheme to boost regional air connectivity in the country;
- (C) whether the Government proposes to widen the scope of its UDAN scheme for regional connectivity by making more flight operations eligible for a host of concessions; including viability gap funding and if $0, the details thereof;
- (6) if so, the details thereof and routes identified/run s0 far and revenue earned from each route s0 far;
- (d) whether the Government has invited stakeholders comments in this regard, if
- (e) whether the Government may also operate flights between airports less than 150 kilometres of distance from each other, for instance Bengaluru-Mysuru route and Vijayawada-Rajahmundry route to be eligible to fall under the UDAN scheme, if
- so, the details thereof and response received s0 far;

So, the details thereof and decision taken in this regard so (9 the details of regionalsmall airports developed under the scheme and the funds allocated, released and spent under the scheme so\_ and (g) the present status of Kothagudem airport in Telangana? far; far;

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme on 21-10-2016 for providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country. The primary objective of RCS is to facilitatel stimulate air connectivity by making it affordable by providing Viability Funding (VGF) and other concessions to the selected airiine operators under RCS. Airports Authority of India(AAI), the implementing agency of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) -UDAN after first round of bidding has awarded 27 numbers of proposals involving 31 unserved and 12 under-served airports regional Gap
- (b): The details of operations commenced after First Round of bidding is enclosed
- to (e): Airports Authority of India(AAI); the implementing agency of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) -UDAN after first round of bidding has awarded 27 numbers of proposals involving 31 unserved, 12 under-served airports The list is enclosed at Annexure-II

Stakeholder Consultations, review of the scheme, are continuous process under Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN.`

- (f): The Government has approved the proposal for revival of 50 un-served/ under; served airportslairstrips of the State Governments, Airports Authority of India and Civil enclaves at an estimate cost of Rs. 4500 crores. However, 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.
- (g): Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation granted 'site clearance' to Mls: Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (TSIIDC) for setting up of a Greenfield Airport at Kothagudem; District Khammam; Telangana vide certificate dated 07.10.2016.

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## Schene UDAN vity

## List of routes awarded and operations commenced after First Round 0f bidding

| S.N:   | Proposal                                                                                                                                             | Roule (Only RCS Routes)         | Selected Airline Operator           | Aircraft Type deployed   | Frequency per week   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.     | IGI Airport Delhi - > Bhatinda -> IGI Airport Delhi                                                                                                  | IGI Airport Delhi To Bhatinda   | Alliance Air                        | ATR72-600                | 3                    |
| 1.     | IGI Airport Delhi - > Bhatinda -> IGI Airport Delhi                                                                                                  | Bhatinda To IGI Airport Delhi   | Alliance Air                        | ATR72-600                | 3                    |
| 2.     | Gwalior 7 Indore > Gwalior                                                                                                                           | Gwalior To Indore               | Alliance Air                        | ATR72-600                | 3                    |
| 2.     | Gwalior 7 Indore > Gwalior                                                                                                                           | Indare to Gwalior               | Alliance Air                        | ATR72-600                | 3                    |
| 3      | IGI Airport Delhi > Gwalior > IGI Airport: Delhi                                                                                                     | Gwalior To IGI Airport Delhi    | Alliance Air                        | ATR 72-600               | 3                    |
| 4      | Hyderabad (Shamshab ad) -> Kadapa Bangalore Airport Kadapa > Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) ->Nanded Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) -> Vidyanagar >Hyderabad(Shamsha | Hyderabad(Shamshabad) To Kadapa | Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited | ATRZ2                    | 7                    |
| 4      | Hyderabad (Shamshab ad) -> Kadapa Bangalore Airport Kadapa > Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) ->Nanded Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) -> Vidyanagar >Hyderabad(Shamsha | Kadapa To Hyderabad(Shamshabad) | Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited | ATRZ2                    | 7                    |
| 4      | Hyderabad (Shamshab ad) -> Kadapa Bangalore Airport Kadapa > Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) ->Nanded Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) -> Vidyanagar >Hyderabad(Shamsha | Hyderabad(Shamshabad) To Nanded | Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited | ATRZ2                    | 7                    |
| 4      | Hyderabad (Shamshab ad) -> Kadapa Bangalore Airport Kadapa > Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) ->Nanded Hyderabad(Shamshab ad) -> Vidyanagar >Hyderabad(Shamsha | Nanded To Hyderabad(Shamshabad) | Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited | ATRZ2                    | 7                    |
| 5      | bad  CSI Airport Mumbai >Kandla CSI Airport Mumbai                                                                                                   | CSI Airport Mumbai To Kandla    | Spicejet Limited                    | Q400                     |                      |
| 5      | bad  CSI Airport Mumbai >Kandla CSI Airport Mumbai                                                                                                   | Kandla to CSI Airport Mumbai    | Spicejet Limited                    | Q400                     | 7                    |
|        | CSI Airport Mumbai >Porbandar -> CSI Airport Mumbai                                                                                                  | CSI Airport Mumbai To Porbandar | Spicejet Limited                    | Q400                     | 7                    |
| 7 _    | IGI Airport Delhi >Shimla IGI Airport Delhi                                                                                                          | IGI Airport Delhi to Shimla     | Alliance Air                        | ATR 42-320               | 7                    |
| 7 _    | IGI Airport Delhi >Shimla IGI Airport Delhi                                                                                                          | Shimla to IGI Airpoit Delhi     | Alliance Air                        | ATR 42-320               |                      |

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| S. No.   | Name of unserved and under-served Airport   | State            |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | Bathinda                                    | Punjab           |
| 2.       | Shimla                                      | Himachal Pradesh |
| 3        | Agra                                        | Uttar Pradesh    |
|          | Bikaner(Nal)                                | Rajasthan        |
| 5_       | Gwalior                                     | Madhya Pradesh   |
| 6        | Kadapa                                      | Andhra Pradesh   |
| 7 .      | Ludhiana                                    | Punjab           |
| 8.       | Nanded                                      | Maharashtra      |
| 9_       | Pathankot                                   | Punjab           |
| 10.      | Vidyanagar                                  | Karnataka        |
| 11.      | Andal (Durgapur)                            | West Bengal      |
| 12.      | Burnpur                                     | West Bengal      |
| 13,      | Cooch Behar                                 | West Bengal      |
| 14.      | Jamshedpur                                  | Jharkhand        |
| 15.      | Rourkela                                    | Odisha           |
| 16_      | Bhavnagar                                   | Gujarat          |
| 17.      | Diu                                         | Daman and Diu    |
| 13.      | Jamnagar                                    | Gujarat          |
| 19.      | Adampur                                     | Punjab           |
| 20.      | Kandla                                      | Gujarat          |
| 21.      | Kanpur(Chakeri)                             | Uttar Pradesh    |
| 22.      | Kullu(Bhuntar)                              | Himachal Pradesh |
| 23       | Mithapur (Dwarka)                           | Gujarat          |
| 24.      | Mundra                                      | Gujarat          |
| 25_      | Pantnagar                                   | Uttarakhand      |
| 26.      | Puducherry                                  | Puducherry       |
| 27       | Porbandar                                   | Gujarat          |
| 28.      | Shillong(Barapani)                          | Meghalaya_       |
| 29.      | Arnbikapur                                  | Chhattisgarh     |
| 30.      | Bilaspur                                    | Chhattisgarh     |
| 31.      | Jagdalpur                                   | Chhattisgarh     |
| 32       | Jaisalmer                                   | Rajasthan        |
| 33.      | Jalgaon                                     | Maharashtra      |
| 34.      | Jeypore                                     | Odisha           |
| 35       | Jharsuguda                                  | Odisha           |
| 36.      | Kolhapur                                    | Maharashtra      |
| 37.      | Mysore (Mandacally)                         | Karnataka        |
| 38.      | Neyveli                                     | Tamil Nadu       |
| 39.      | Ozar Nasik                                  | Maharashtra      |
| 40_      | Raigarh                                     | Chhattisgarh_    |
| 41       | Salem                                       | Tamil Nadu       |
| 42_      | Sholapur                                    | Maharashtra      |
| 43_      | Utkela                                      | Odisha           |

## Annexure-lL

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