Lok Sabha Question No. 3178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Air Connectivity to Tamil Nadu
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan, S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 3178 (To be answered on the Ith July 2019)

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO TAMIL NADU

3178.

SHRI PR NATARAJAN SHRI S. VENKATESAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has announced any new route to Tamil Nadu

during the past five years and if $0, the details thereof; and (b) if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- domestic aviation was deregulated  Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type, free to select whatever markets and network they Wish to service and operate In this regard, Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines with a view to achieve better air transport services to services to specific places depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability. As such; the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance of Route Dispersal Guidelines issued by Government:

However, as per the information provided airlines, details of routes introduced in iast five years from Tamil Nadu in respect of domestic Indian carriers are attached as Annexure 1. by

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Spice

{Airline

Indigo

[Bhubaneshwar-Chennai

Route introduced in years last five

Bangkok-Chennai

Bangalore-Madurai

Bangalore-Coimbatore

Bangalore-Trichi

Coimbatore-Hyderabad

Calicut-Chennai

Colombo-Chennai

Kochi-Trichi

Kannur-Chennai

Doha-Chennai

Chennai Goa-C

Guwahati-Chennai

Hubli-Chennai

Indore-Chennai

Madurai-Chennai

Hyderabad-Madurai

Mangalore-Chennai portblair-Chennai

Kuala purChennai Lum

Jaipur-Chennai kuwait-Chennai

[Chennai-Nagpur

Lucknow-Chennai

Chennai-Rajahmundry

Chennai-surat

Chennai-Raipur chennai-Tuticorin

Chennai-Udaipur

Chennai-Trichi

[chennai-Vijaywada

Bangkok-Chennai

[Singapore-Trichi

[Bangalore-Coimbatore

Mumbai-Madurai

Bangalore-Madurai

Coimbatore-Bangalore

Coimbatore-Delhi

Delhi-Coimbatore

[Guwahati-Chennai

Dubai-Madurai

[Hyderabad-Poducherry

Mangalore-Chennai

Bagdogra-Chennai

Belgaum-Chennai

Madurai-Mumbai

Madurai-Bangalore

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|           | Madurai-Dubai                          |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|
| SpiceJet  | Chennai-Bangkok                        |
|           | Chennai-Guwahati                       |
|           | Chennai-Hubli                          |
|           | Chennai-Bagdogra                       |
|           | Chennaj-Mangalore                      |
|           | Chennai-Belgaum                        |
|           | Chennai-Patna                          |
|           | Chennai-Rajahmundry                    |
|           | Chennai-Shirdi                         |
|           | Chennai-Vijaywada                      |
|           | Chennai-Varanasi                       |
|           | Patna-Chennai                          |
|           | Poducherry-Bangalore                   |
|           | Poducherry-Hyderabad                   |
|           | Rajahmundry-Chennai                    |
|           | Shirdi-Chennai                         |
|           | Tuticorin-Bangalore_                   |
|           | Vijaywada-Chennai                      |
|           | Varanasi-Chennai                       |
| Air Asia  | Bangalore-Chennai                      |
|           | Bhubaneshwar-Chennai                   |
|           | kolkata-Chennai                        |
|           | Hyderabad-Chennai                      |
|           | Chennai-Ahmedabad                      |
|           | Chennai-kolkata                        |
| Go Air    | Chennai-Kannur                         |
| Go Air    | Chennai-Kochi                          |
| Go Air    | Chennai-Hyderabad                      |
| Vistara   | Delhi-Chennai                          |
|           | Mumbai-Chennai                         |
|           | Chennai Cuddapah                       |
|           | Chennai Mysore                         |
|           | Chennai Salem                          |
|           | Chennai Hyderabad                      |
|           | Chennai Rajahmundry                    |
|           | Chennai Vijayawada                     |
| Air India | Madurai Singapore Coimbatore Singapore |
| Express   | Kochi _ Singapore _                    |
| Express   | Delhi Madurai                          |
|           | Delhi-Chennai-Coimbatore               |
|           | Delhi Coimbatore                       |
| Air India | Delhi-Coimbatore                       |
|           | Chennai-Varanasi                       |

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