Lok Sabha Question No. 3336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Increase in Flight Services
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SHARAD BANSODE

3336.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 3336 (To be answered on the March 2018) Isth

Increase in Flight Services

ADV. SHARADKUMAR MARUTI BANSODE

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the the Ministry has taken to improve and increase the flight services in the country during the last one year; and steps\_
- (b) the number of new airports developed and made operational the last cne year? during

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): With repeal of Air Corporation Act in March 1994, the Indian Aviation was deregulated  Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type; free to select whatever markets and network wish to service and operate: Under the provision of Sub-rule (1A) of rule 134 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 the Central Government has Iaid down Route Dispersal Guidelines, with a view to achieving better regulation of air transport services and into account the necd for air transport services ot different regions in the country. It is; however, Up to the airlines to provide air services to specifie piaces depending upon the traffic demand and coimercial viability. As such; the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance of Route Dispersal Guidelines issued by Government they taking

UDAN o Z1st October; 2016. The primary objective of the Scheme is to facilitate stimuiate regional air connectivity by making it affordable supporting airline operators through (1) concession by Central Government, State Governments and airport operators to reduce the cost 0f airline operations on regional routes other support measures and (2) financial support (Viability Funding or VGF) to meet tke gap, if UDAN is & demand driven Schemie where airiine operator undertake the assessment &f particular route and bids under the Scheme from time to time Gap

(b): Airports Authority %f India (AAD) has developed and operationalized & Greenfield Airport at Kishangarh in Rajasthan: Besides, 56 Airports have been dcvcloped uuder RCS-UDAN as per details given at Annexure.

## List of Unserved Airports Round 182 RCS-UDAN

| Sr. No   | Unserved Airports_ Round 1   | Unserved Airport_ Round 2   |
|----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | ADAMPUR                      | ALIGARH                     |
| 2        | AMBIKAPUR                    | AZAMGARH                    |
| 3        | BHATINDA                     | BALDOTA/KOPPAL              |
| 4.       | BIKANER (NAL)                | BAREILLY                    |
| 5_       | BILASPUR                     | BOKARO                      |
| 6.       | BURNPUR                      | CHITRAKOOT                  |
| 7        | COOCH BEHAR                  | DARBHUNGA                   |
| 8        | JAGDALFUR                    | DUMKA                       |
| 9        | JAISALMER                    | HISSAR                      |
| 10.      | JALGAON,                     | JHANSI                      |
| 11       | JAMSHEDPUR                   | KANNUR                      |
| 12_      | JEYPORE                      | KARGIL                      |
| 13.      | JHARSUGUDA                   | KESHOD                      |
| 14_      | KANDLA                       | KISHANGARH                  |
| 15.      | KANPUR (CHAKERI)             | MORADABAD                   |
| 16_      | KOLHAPUR                     | MUIRPUR(KORBA)              |
| 17.      | LUDHIANA                     | PAKYONG                     |
| 18.      | MITHAPUR (DWARKA)            | PASSIGHAT                   |
| 19       | MUNDRA                       | PITHORAGARH                 |
| 20.      | MYSORE                       | RUPSI                       |
| 21.      | NANDED                       | SHRAVASTI                   |
| 22       | NEYVELI                      | TANJORE                     |
| 23_      | OZAR (NASIK)                 | TEZU                        |
| 24.      | PATHANKOT                    | UTERiAI                     |
| 25.      | RAIGARH (JINDAL)             | VELLORE                     |
| 26,      | ROURKELA                     |                             |
| 27       | SALEM                        |                             |
| 28_      | SHIMLA                       |                             |
| 29       | SHOLAPUR                     |                             |
| 30.      | UTKELA                       |                             |
| 31,      | VIDYANAGAR                   |                             |

'

.