Lok Sabha Question No. 76 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Award of UDAN III Routes
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: VASANTHI M., K. ASHOK KUMAR

*76.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. : 76

(To be answered on the 7th February 2019)

## AWARD OF UDAN III ROUTES

SHRIMATI VASANTHI M: SHRI K ASHOK KUMAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government will shortly award new regional connectivity routes under UDAN III and if s0, the details there of;
- (c) whether the third round of bidding under the Regional Connectivity Scheme for domestic routes concluded recently and 15 airlines had bid for a total 111 routes and if the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the new routes will meet a lot of unmet demands and futuristic requirements of the people and if 80,the details thereof;
- (d) whether these include a bulk of the 56 routes withdrawn from Air Odisha and Air Deccan because of their inability to launch flights and if s0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 76,REGARDING "AWARD OF UDAN III ROUTES" TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

- awarded 73 Networks consisting of 235 routes under Regional Connectivity 25.01.2019, Details % SAOs and number of proposals awarded are attached &5 Annexure-I There is a good geographical spread in the proposals awarded under UDAN. Routes connecting 13 unserved airports,2 unique underserved airports and 6 water aerodromes have been awarded under UDAN 3unique

() Yes; In third round Of bidding under the Regional Connectivity Scheme for After due evaluation as per the provisions RCS-UDAN version 3.0, 73 number of networks consisting 0f 235 routes were awarded to SAOs as mentioned in Annexure 1.

- (d) 16 routes have been awarded under UDAN 3 out of  cancelled routes of UDAN 1, details of which is annexed as Annexure-IL

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## Comprehensive list of Awarded RCS Routes UDAN 3.0

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| State           | Status 3   | Airport (DL          | Airport (A)          | Bidder:           |
|-----------------|------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| Andaman Nicobar | Served     | Portblair            | Car Nicobar          | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS   |
|                 |            |                      | Shibpur              | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS   |
|                 | Un served  | Campbell Bay         | Car Nicobar          | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS_  |
|                 |            | Car Nicobar          | Campbell Bay         | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS   |
|                 |            |                      | Portblair            | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS   |
|                 |            | Shibpur_             | Portblair            | ANDAMAN AIRWAYS   |
| Andhra Pradesh  | Served     | Kadapa               | Belgaum              | Trujet            |
|                 |            | Rajamundry           | Mishakhapatnam       | INDIGO            |
|                 |            | Tirupati_            | Belgaum              | GHODAWAT          |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Trujet            |
|                 |            |                      | Kalaburgi(Gulbarga)  | GHODAWAT          |
|                 |            | Vijaywada            | Nagarjuna Sagar      | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            | Vishakhapatnam_      | Jagdalpur            | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            |                      | Kalaikunda           | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      | Rajamundry           | INDIGO            |
| Assam           | Served     | Dibrugarh            | Dimapur              | INDIGO            |
|                 |            |                      | Imphal               | INDIGO            |
|                 |            | Guwahati             | Dimapur              | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      | Lilabari             | INDIGO            |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            | Jorhat               | Guwahati River front | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            | Lilabari             | Guwahati             | INDIGO            |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 | Un served  | Guwahati River Front | Jorhat               | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            |                      | Shillong_            | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            |                      | Umrangso Reservoir   | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            | Umrangso Reservoir_  | Guwahati River front | Spicejet Limited  |
| Bihar           | Served     | Gaya                 | Kasia                | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            | Patna                | Amritsar             | Spicejet Limited  |
| Chandigarh (UT) | Served     | Chandigarh           | Pantnagar            | HERITAGE AVIATION |
|                 |            |                      | Shimla               | HERITAGE AVIATION |
| Chattisgarh     | Served     | Raipur               | Jagdalpur            | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      | Jharsuguda           | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            |                      | Rourkela             | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 | Un served  | Jagdalpur            | Bhubaneshwar         | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            |                      | Hyderabad            | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Turbo Aviation    |
|                 |            |                      | Raipur_              | ALLIANCE AIR      |
|                 |            |                      | Vishakhapatnam       | Turbo Aviation    |
| Delhi           | Served     | Delhi                | Agra                 | Spicejet Limited  |
|                 |            |                      |                      | Zoom Air          |

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## UDAN 3.0

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|                  |           |                       | Calicut               | INDIGO                    |
|------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|                  |           |                       | Ghazipur              | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Jamnagar              | Jet Airways Pvt: Ltd      |
|                  |           |                       | Jharsuguda            | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Khajuraho             | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Kota                  | ALLIANCE AIR              |
| Goa              | Ser ved   | Goa                   | Jamnagar              | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Mysore                | ALLIANCE AIR              |
| Gujarat          | Served    | Ahmedabad             | Belgaum               | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Kishangarh_           | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       |                       | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Udaipur               | Jet Airways India Limited |
|                  |           |                       |                       | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           | Surat                 | Belgaun?              | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Kishangarh            | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Statue of urity.      | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  | Un served | Sabarmati river front | Shatrunjay Dam        | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Statue Ofurity        | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           | Shatrunjay Dam        | Sabarmati River frort | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Sabarmati River       |                           |
|                  |           | Statue of unity       | frort                 | Spicejet_Limited          |
|                  |           |                       | Surat                 | Spicejet Limited_         |
|                  | Under     |                       |                       |                           |
|                  | served    | Bhavnagar             | Purie                 | Spicejet Limited          |
|                  |           | Jamnagar              | Barigalore_           | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Goa                   | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Delhi                 | Jet Airways Pvt: Ltd      |
|                  |           |                       | Hindan                | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           |                       | Hydlerabad            | GHODAWAT                  |
|                  |           | Keshod                | Mumbai                | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                  |           |                       | Awantipur             |                           |
| Haryana          | Un served | Arbala                | (Shrinagar)           | Zoom Air                  |
|                  |           |                       | Lucknow               | Zoom Air                  |
| Himachal Pradesh | Served    | Dhararshala           | Shimla                | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
|                  | Under     |                       |                       |                           |
|                  | served    | Kuliu                 | Shimla                | AVIATION INFRA            |
|                  |           |                       |                       | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
|                  |           | Shimla                | Chandigerh            | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
|                  |           |                       | Dhararnshala          | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
|                  |           |                       | Hiridar               | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
|                  |           |                       | Kullu                 | AVIATION INFRA            |
|                  |           |                       |                       | HERITAGE AVIATION         |
| Jammu and        |           |                       |                       |                           |
| Kashmir          | Served    | Jammu                 | Gwalior               | Spicejet Limited_         |
|                  | Un served | Awantipur             | Ambala                | Zoom Air                  |

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## Comprehensive list of Awarded RCS Routes UDAN 3.0

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| Karnataka      | Served       | Bangalore            | Agra                               | INDIGO                    |
|----------------|--------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|                |              |                      | Gwalior                            | Spicejet Limited          |
|                |              |                      | Jamnagar_                          | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Kalaburgi(Gulbarga)                | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      |                                    | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Mysore                             | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      | Tanjore                            | Spicejet Limited          |
|                | Un served    | Kalaburgi(Gulbarga)  | Bangalore_                         | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      |                                    | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Hindan                             | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Tirupati                           | GHODAWAT                  |
|                | Under served |                      |                                    |                           |
|                |              | Belgaum              | Ahmedabad                          | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Hyderabad                          | INDIGO                    |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Spicejet Limited          |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Trujet                    |
|                |              |                      | Indore                             | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Jaipur                             | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Jodhpur                            | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Kadapa_                            | Trujet                    |
|                |              |                      | Mumbai                             | Spicejet Limited          |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Ghodawat                  |
|                |              |                      | Mysore                             | Trujet                    |
|                |              |                      | Nagpur                             | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Ozar(Nasik)                        | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Pune                               | Alliance Air              |
|                |              |                      | Surat                              | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      | Tirupati                           | GHODAWAT                  |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Trujet                    |
|                |              | Mysore_              | Bangalore_                         | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      | Cochin International Airport(CIAL) | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      | Goa                                | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      | Hyderabad                          | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|                |              |                      |                                    | INDIGO                    |
| Kerala         | Served       | Calicut              | Delhi                              | INDIGO                    |
|                |              | Cochin International |                                    |                           |
|                |              | Airport(CIAL)        | Mysore                             | ALLIANCE AIR              |
| Madhya_Pradesh | Served       | Bhopal               | Agra                               | INDIGO                    |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Zoom Air                  |
|                |              |                      | Gwalior                            | Jet Airways India Limited |
|                |              |                      | Udaipur                            | Jet Airways India Limited |
|                |              |                      |                                    | Spicejet Limited          |
|                |              | Indore               | Agra                               | Zoom Air                  |
|                |              |                      | Belgaum                            | GHODAWAT                  |

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## Comprehersive list of Awarded RCS Routes UDAN 3.0

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|             |              |              | Kishangarh           | GHODAWAT                  |
|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|             |              | Khajuraho    | Delhi                | Spicejet Limited          |
|             | Under served | Gwalior      | Bangalore            | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Bhopal               | Jet Airways India Limited |
|             |              |              | Hyderabad            | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Jammu                | Spicejet Limited_         |
|             |              |              | Kolkata              | Spicejet Limited          |
| Maharashtra | Served       | Aurangabad   | Udaipur              | Jet Airways India Limited |
|             |              | Kolhapur     | Mumbai               | GHODAWAT                  |
|             |              |              |                      | Trujet                    |
|             |              |              | Adarnpyr             | Spicejet Limited_         |
|             |              |              | Agra                 | Jet Airways Pvt: Ltd:     |
|             |              |              | Amravati             | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             |              |              | Belgaum _            | GHODAWAT                  |
|             |              |              |                      | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Durgapur             | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Jalgaon_             | Trujet                    |
|             |              |              | Jharsuguda           | Jet Airways Pvt: Ltd:     |
|             |              |              | Keshod               | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             |              |              | Koltapur             | GHODAWAT                  |
|             |              |              |                      | Trujet                    |
|             |              | Nagpur       |                      | GHODAWAT                  |
|             |              | Ozar(Nasik)  | Belgaun              | GHODAWAT                  |
|             |              | Pune         | Bhavnakar            | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Belgaum              | Alliance Air              |
|             | Un served    | Amravati     |                      | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             | Under        |              |                      |                           |
|             | served       | Jalgaon_     | Mulmbai              | Trujet                    |
| Manipur_    | Served       | Imphal       | Dibrugarh            | INDIGO                    |
|             |              |              | Dimapur              | ALLIANCE AIR              |
| Meghalaya   | Under served | Shillong     | Guwahati River front | Spicejet Limited          |
|             |              |              | Kolkata              | INDIGO                    |
| Mlizoram    | Served       | Aizawl       | Agartala             | INDIGO                    |
|             | Under        |              |                      |                           |
| Nagaland_   | served       | Dimapur      |                      | INDIGO                    |
|             |              |              | Guwahati             | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             |              |              | Imphal               | ALLIANCE AIR              |
| Odisha      | Served       | Bhubaneshwar | Jagdalpur            | Turbo Aviation            |
|             |              |              | Jharsuguda           | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             |              |              |                      | Turbo Aviation            |
|             |              |              | Kalaiktinda          | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|             |              |              | Rourkela             | ALLIANCEAIR               |
|             |              |              |                      | Turbo Aviation            |

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## Comprehensive list of Awarded RCS Routes UDAN 3.0

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|           |              |            | Varanasi     | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|-----------|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------------------|
|           |              |            |              | INDIGO                    |
|           | Un served    | Jharsuguda | Bhubaneshwar | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|           |              |            |              | Turbo Aviation            |
|           |              |            | Delhi        | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Hyderabad    | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Kolkata      | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|           |              |            |              | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Raipur       | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|           |              |            |              | Turbo Aviation:           |
|           |              | Rourkela   | Bhubaneshwar | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|           |              |            |              | Turbo Aviation            |
|           |              |            | Raipur       | Turbo Aviation            |
| Punjab    | Served       | Amritsar   | Jaipur       | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Kolkata      | INDIGO                    |
|           |              |            | Patna        | Spicejet Limited          |
|           | Under served | Adampur    | Jaipur       | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Mumbai       | Spicejet Limited          |
| Rajasthan | Served       | Bikaner    | Jaisalmer    | Zoom Air                  |
|           |              | Jaipur     | Adampur      | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Amritsar     | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Belgaum      | GHODAWAT                  |
|           |              | Jaisalmer  | Agra         | Zoom Air                  |
|           |              |            | Bikaner      | Zoom Air                  |
|           |              |            | Kishangarh   | Zoom Air                  |
|           |              | Jodhpur    | Belgaum_     | GHODAWAT                  |
|           |              |            | Kishangarh   | Zoom Air                  |
|           |              |            | Udaipur      | Jet Airways India Limited |
|           |              | Udaipur    | Ahmedabad    | Jet Airways India Limited |
|           |              |            |              | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Aurangabad_  | Jet Airways India Limited |
|           |              |            | Bhopal       | Jet Airwavs India Limited |
|           |              |            |              | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Jodhpur      | Jet Airways India Limited |
|           |              |            | Kishangarh   | Zoom Air                  |
|           | Un served    | Kota       | Delhi        | ALLIANCE AIR              |
|           | Under        |            |              | GHODAWAT                  |
|           | served       | Kishangarh | Ahmedabad    |                           |
|           |              |            |              | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Hyderabad_   | Spicejet Limited          |
|           |              |            | Indore       | GHODAWAT                  |
|           |              |            | Jaisalmer    | Zoom Air                  |

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## Comprehensive list of Awarded RCS Routes UDAN 3.0

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|             |              | Lucknow         | Turbo Aviation        |
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|             |              | Lucknow         | Turbo Aviation        |
|             | Under served | Bangalore       | INDIGO                |
|             |              | Bhopal          | INDIGO                |
|             |              |                 | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Delhi           | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              |                 | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Indore          | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Jaisalmer       | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Lucknow         | INDIGO                |
|             |              |                 | Turbo Aviation        |
|             |              |                 | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Mumbai          | Jet Airways Pvt: Ltd: |
|             |              | Varanasi        | INDIGO                |
| Uttarakhand | Under served | Chandigarh      | HERITAGE AVIATION     |
|             |              | Kanpur(Chakeri) | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              | Lucknow         | HERITAGE AVIATION     |
| West Bengal | Served       | Amritsar        | INDIGO                |
|             |              | Ghazipur        | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              | Gwalior         | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              | Hashimara       | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Jharsuguda      | ALLIANCE AIR          |
|             |              |                 | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              | Shillong        | INDIGO                |
|             | Un served    | Kolkata         | Zoom Air              |
|             |              | Bhubaneshwar    | ALLIANCE AIR          |
|             |              | Vishakhapatnam  | ALLIANCE AIR          |
|             | Under served | Chennai         | Spicejet Limited      |
|             |              | Mumbai          | Spicejet Limited      |

## Annex-1

|    | Routes                      |
|----|-----------------------------|
| 1  | Delhi To Agra               |
| 2  | Agra To Delhi               |
| 3  | Mumbai To Kolhapur          |
|    | Kolhapur To Mumbai          |
|    | Mumbai To Jalgaon           |
| 6  | Jalgaon To Mumbai           |
|    | Bhubaneshwar To Jharsuguda  |
| 8  | Jharsuguda To Bhubaneshwar  |
| 9  | Bhubaneshwar To Rourkela    |
| 10 | Rourkela To Bhubaneshwar    |
| 11 | Raipur To Jharsuguda        |
| 12 | Jharsuguda To Raipur        |
| 13 | Raipur To Jagdalpur         |
| 14 | Jagdalpur To Vishakhapatnam |
| 15 | Vishakhapatnam To Jagdalpur |
| 16 | Jagdalpur To Raipur         |

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