Lok Sabha Question No. 2746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Air Connectivity under UDAN
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2746 (To be answered on the December 2018) 27th

## AIR CONNECTIVITY UNDER UDAN

## 2746. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government have identified certain States in order to connect them with Air Traffic under the Udan Yojana;
- (c) the number of cities/tourist spots connected under the scheme; and
- (b) if s0, the number of cities and tourist spots covered under the scheme;
- (d) the names of the cities which are connected or propose to be connected with Aurangabad city of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) to (c): Government of India has offered a tentative list of unserved and underserved airports from different States of the country under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN for bids of eligible interested airline operations. Ministry of Tourism has identified certain routes, to incentivize airlines to commence operations on such routes: Lists of such tourism routes included in UDAN version 3 are at Annexure-] & Annexure-2.
- (d): No proposal connecting Aurangabad has been received in 1&2 rounds of Aurangabad under UDAN 3 is received, the same will be considered as per the provisions of RCS.

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## List of Routes proposed by Ministry of Tourism that qualifies as RCS Routes

|       | Bhubaneswar-Bodhgaya               |
|-------|------------------------------------|
| 2     | Bodhgaya-Bhubaneswar               |
| 3     | Agra-Jhansi                        |
| 4     | Jhansi-Agra                        |
| 5_    | Agra-Bhopal                        |
| 6.    | Bhopal-Agra                        |
|       | Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar                |
| 8_    | Bhavnagar-Rajkot                   |
| 9     | Rajkot-Bhavnagar                   |
| 10.   | Bhavnagar-Ahmedabad                |
| 11.   | Agra-Indore                        |
| 12.   | Indore-Shahdol                     |
| 13.   | Shahdol-Kanha                      |
| 14.   | Kanha-Shahdol                      |
| 15.   | Shadol-Indore                      |
| 16    | Indore-Agra                        |
| 17 .  | Lucknow-Sarsawa                    |
| 18.   | Sarawsati-Varanasi                 |
| 19.   | Varanasi-Khushinagar               |
| 20_   | Khushinagar-Bodhgaya               |
|       | Bodhgaya-Kushinagar                |
| 22_   | Khushinagar-Varanasi               |
| 23.   | Varanasi-Sarawsati                 |
| 24.   | Sarsawa-Lucknow Hyderabad-Warangal |
| 25 26 | Warangal-Rajamundry                |
| 27 .  | Rajamundry-Warangal                |
| 28.   | Warangal-Hyderabad                 |
| 29_   | Goa-Hampi                          |
| 30_   | Hampi-Hasan                        |
|       | Hasan-Mysore                       |
| 32.   | Mysore-Hasan                       |
| 33.   | Hasan-Hampi                        |
| 34_   | Hampi-Goa                          |
| 35.   | Bengaluru-Mysore                   |
| 36    | Mysore-Bengaluru                   |
| 37 .  | Port Blair-Diglipur                |
| 38.   | Diglipur-Port Blair                |
| 39.   | Kolkata-Simra                      |
| 40_   | Simra-Varanasi                     |
| 41_   | Varanasi-Simra                     |
| 42.   | Simra-Kolkata                      |
| 43.   | Shimla-Kullu                       |
| 44    | Kullu-Shimla                       |
| 45_   | Dharamshala-Kullu                  |
| 46    | Kullu-Dharamshala                  |

## List of Tourism Routes

| 1_    | Madurai-Cochin                  |
|-------|---------------------------------|
| 2     | Cochin-Madurai                  |
| 3     | Ahmedabad-Bhuj                  |
| 4.    | Bhuj-Ahmedabad                  |
| 5.    | Jhani-Khajurao                  |
|       | Khajurao-Jhansi                 |
| 6     | Bhopal-Udaipur                  |
| 8_    | Udaipur-Aurangabad              |
|       | Aurangabad-Udaipur              |
| 10.   | Udaipur-Bhopal                  |
| 11_   | Rajkot-Porbandar                |
| 12.   | Porbandar-Bhuj                  |
| 13.   | Bhuj-Porbandar                  |
| 14    | Porbandar-Rajkot                |
| 15.   | Rajamundry-Vishakapatnam        |
| 16    | Vishakapatnam-Rajamundry        |
| 17 .  | Udaipur-Kochi                   |
| 18.   | Kochi-Udaipur                   |
| 19_   | Delhi-Calicut                   |
| 20_   | Calicut-Delhi                   |
|       | Delhi-Khajuraho                 |
| 22.   | Khajuraho-Delhi                 |
| 23.   | Imphal-Dimapur                  |
| 24_   | Dimapur-Dibrugarh               |
| 25.   | Dibrugarh-Imphal                |
| 26_   | Imphal-Dibrugarh                |
| 27    | Dibrugarh-Dimapur               |
| 28    | Dimapur-Imphal                  |
| 29.   | Bhubaneswar-Varanasi            |
| 30.   | Varanasi-Bhubanesawar           |
| 31 _  | Bengaluru-Madurai               |
| 32    | Goa-Amritsar                    |
| 33    | Amritsar-Patna                  |
| 34    | Patna-Amritsar                  |
| 35    | Amritsar-Kolkata                |
| 36    | Kolkata-Amritsar                |
| 37    | Ahmedabad-Udaipur               |
| 38    | Udaipur-Ahmedabad               |
| 39    | Udaipur-Jodhpur                 |
| 40    | Jodhpur-Udaipur                 |
| 41    | Agartala-Aizawl                 |
| 42    | Imphal-Agartala                 |
| 43    | Agartala-Imphal                 |
| 44    | Aizawl-Agartala                 |
| 45    | Dibrugarh-Tezpur                |
| 46 47 | Tezpur-Dibrugarh Varanasi-Patna |
| 48    | Bikaner-Jaisalmer               |

|   49 | Jaisalmer-Jodhpur    |
|------|----------------------|
|   50 | Jodhpur-Udaipur      |
|   51 | Udaipur-Jodhpur      |
|   52 | Jodhpur-Jaisalmer    |
|   53 | Jaisalmer-Bikaner    |
|   54 | Amritsar-Dharamshala |
|   55 | Dharamshala-Amritsar |
|   56 | Amritsar-Varanasi    |
|   57 | Varanasi-Amritsar    |
|   58 | Amritsar-Jaipur      |
|   59 | Jaipur-Amritsar      |
|   60 | Amritsar-Goa         |