Lok Sabha Question No. 4069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: UDAN III
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4069 (To be answered on the December 2019) 12th

## UDAN III

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## SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government proposes to award new regional connectivity routes under UDAN III and if s0, the detaiis thereof;
- (b) whether the new routes will meet a lot of unmet demands and futuristic requirements of the people and if the details thereof; S0,
- (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 1ll routes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is lack of airport facility and connectivity in cities like Solapur, Kolhapur etc. in Maharashtra; and
- (e) if s0, the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve air connectivity in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (e): Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordabie to the masses. RCS UDAN is market driven scheme. The interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes submit their proposals at the time of bidding under RCS UDAN. Airports Authority of India UDAN has conducted third round of bidding and awarded 335 valid RCS routes to 11 Selected Airline Operators (SAOs) under this round RCS flight operations have already commenced from Kolhapur: RCS flights could not be commenced from Sholapur, due to obstacles i.e: Chimneys in the Flying Path: List of RCS UDAN routes operationalized in the state of Maharashtra under RCS UDAN is enclosed at Annexure.

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## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4069 for answer on 12.12.2019 List of RCS routes commenced under RCS-UDAN in the State of Maharashtra

(As on 07.12.2019)

## RCS-UDAN 1.0

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport (State)   | Arrival Airport (State)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | NANDED (Maharashtra)        | HYDERABAD (Telangana)     |
| 2        | HYDERABAD (Telangana)       | NANDED (Maharashtra)      |
| 3        | KANDLA (Gujarat)            | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)      |
|          | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)        | KANDLA (Gujarat)          |
| 5_       | PORBANDAR (Gujarat)         | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)      |
| 6        | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)        | NANDED (Maharashtra)      |
| 7        | NANDED(Maharashtra)         | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)      |

## RCS-UDAN2.0

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport      | Arrival Airport        |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | DELHI                  | OZAR(Maharashtra)      |
| 2        | OZAR (Maharashtra)     | DELHI                  |
| 3_       | ALLAHABAD (UP)         | NAGPUR (Maharashtra)   |
| 4_       | NAGPUR (Maharashtra)   | ALLAHABAD (UP)         |
| 5_       | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra) | HYDERABAD (Telangana)  |
| 6        | HYDERABAD (Telangana)  | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra) |
| 7        | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra) | BANGALORE (Karnataka)  |
| 8        | BANGALORE (Karnataka)  | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra) |
| 9_       | HYDERABAD (Telangana)  | NASIK (Maharashtra)    |
| 10.      | NASIK (Maharashtra)    | HYDERABAD (Telangana)  |
| 11.      | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)    | NASIK (Maharashtra)    |
| 12       | NASIK (Maharashtra)    | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)    |
| 13       | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)    | NASIK (Maharashtra)    |
| 14_      | NASIK (Maharashtra)    | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)    |
| 15.      | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   | ALLAHABAD (UP)         |
| 16_      | ALLAHABAD (UP)         | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   |
| 17       | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra) | HYDERABAD (Telangana)  |

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport         | Arrival Airport           |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 18.      | HYDERABAD (Telangana)     | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra)    |
| 19_      | KOLHAPUR (Maharashtra)    | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh) |
| 20.      | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh) | KOLHAPUR(Maharashtra)     |
| 21.      | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)       | JALGAON (Maharashtra)     |
| 22.      | JALGAON (Maharashtra)     | AHMEDABAD (Gujarat)       |

## RCS-UDAN3.0

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport      | Arrival Airport        |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1_       | PUNE (Maharashtra)     | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    |
| 2        | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    | PUNE (Maharashtra)     |
| 3        | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    |
| 4_       | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   |
| 5_       | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   | DURGAPUR (WB)          |
| 6_       | DURGAPUR (WB)          | MUMBAI (Maharashtra)   |
| 7        | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   | Kolhapur (Maharashtra) |
| 8        | Kolhapur (Maharashtra) | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   |
| 9        | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   | Jalgaon (Maharashtra)  |
| 10       | Jalgaon (Maharashtra)  | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   |
| 11.      | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    |
| 12.      | BELGAUM (Karnataka)    | Mumbai (Maharashtra)   |
| 13_      | Nasik (Maharashtra)    | Pune (Maharashtra)     |
| 14.      | Pune (Maharashtra)     | Nasik (Maharashtra)    |