Lok Sabha Question No. 2342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Slots of Jet Airways
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 2342\_ (To be answered on the Sth March 2020)

## SLOTS OF JET AIRWAYS

## 2342. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether a number of airline slots, previously occupied by Jet Airways are lying vacant ever since its closure and if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise; vacant slots and if sO, the time by which the vacant slots have been targeted to be filled;
- (d) if s0, the details of the Government $ plans to mitigate the situation?
- (c) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the fact that vacant slots at non-metropolitan airports is impacting the number of flight operations and the overall connectivity to these States; and

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a): Yes; Sir. The State/UT-wise details of vacant slots, previously occupied by
- (b) to (d): The Government has reviewed the situation arising out of sudden closure of operation by Jet Airways and allocated slots to other airlines up to the end of the Summer Schedule 2020 purely on temporary basis. Allocations so made are as per Standard Operating Procedure devised for the purpose to ensure transparency and equity. Airlines have been advised to mount the flights and most of the slots have been utilized by them:

ANNEXURE Details of vacant slots, previously occupied by Jet Airways

| State           |            | No of Slots Previously Occupied bY Jet Airways   | Slots Lying Vacant   |
|-----------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| Gujarat         | Ahmedabad  | 18                                               | 5                    |
| Gujarat         | Bhuj       | 4                                                | 4                    |
| Gujarat         | Vadodara   | 16                                               | 16                   |
| Gujarat         | Rajkot     | 8                                                | 8                    |
| Rajasthan       | Jaipur     | 18                                               | 4                    |
| Rajasthan       | Udaipur    | 10                                               | 10                   |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Allahabad  | 6                                                |                      |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Varanasi   | 10                                               | 6                    |
| Uttar Pradesh   | Lucknow    | 18                                               | 10                   |
| Maharashtra     | Aurangabad | 4                                                |                      |
| Maharashtra     | Pune       |                                                  |                      |
| Punjab          | Amritsar   | 6                                                |                      |
| Chandigarh (UT) | Chandigarh | 16                                               |                      |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Bhopal     | 8                                                | 8                    |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Indore     | 32                                               | 20                   |
| Assam           | Jorhat     | 4                                                | 4                    |
| Assam           | Silchar    | 4                                                | 4                    |
| Assam           | Guwahati   | 30                                               | 16                   |
| Tamil Nadu      | Chennai    | 60                                               | 16                   |
| Tamil Nadu      | Madurai    | 4                                                | 4                    |
| Tamil Nadu      | Trichy     | 2                                                | 2                    |
| Tamil Nadu      | Coimbatore | 20                                               | 20                   |
| Kerala          | Calicut    | 2                                                | 2                    |
| Kerala          | Trivandrum | 4                                                | 4                    |
| Karnataka       | Mangalore  | 16                                               | 16                   |
| Mizoram         | Aizawl     | 4                                                | 2                    |
| Uttarakhand     | Dehradoon  | 10                                               |                      |
| Goa             | Goa        | 10                                               |                      |
|                 | Koirbad    | 30                                               |                      |
|                 | Bagdogra   | 8                                                |                      |
| Bihar           | Patna      | 14                                               |                      |
| Chhattisgarh    | Raipur     | 8                                                |                      |
| Chhattisgarh    | Total      | 428                                              | 237                  |