Lok Sabha Question No. 1820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Extension of UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY, FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

1820.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1820 (To be answered on the December 2018) 20th

## EXTENSION OF UDAN SCHEME

SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- Co bebether many routes granted to operators in the first round of bids are yet to become operational; if the detaiis thereof and the reasons therefor; SO,
- (c)ewhether the Government plans to extend the UDAN programme to international routes, if the details of the set target and the progress made in coordinating with States thus and far;
- (6) whether there are any challenges cited by scheduled commuter airlines to commence services, if so, the taken by the Government to remedy these problems; steps
- (d) whether the Government has proposed the setting up of an International Air details as to how the Government envisages the functioning of the said fund?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a)& (b): A list of routes awarded and operationalized under attached at Annexure-1.

However,while commencing %perations under RCS-UDAN, the Selected Airline Operators Of Ist round faced some problems such as obstacles eroued Airports which were protruding into the approach surfaces of the Airports (i.e: manner to be licensed for public use, lack of clarity in the terms of Aviation with the of Airport operators and State Governments resolved help most of these issues and operations on most of the routes under RCS-UDAN version 1.0 has commenced:

(c) & (d): On request of State Government of Assam; UDAN-International has been launched  The bidding process for 6 routes connecting Guwahati to Kathmandu,\_Dhaka, Yangon; Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is completed: The financial support is provided by the concerned State Government: Government of India may facilitate the implementation of UDAN International Scheme on request of State Governments.

## Annexure-1

## List of routes awarded and operationalized under RCS-UDAN 1.0

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   | OPERATOR        | Date commenced   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 1        | BHATINDA            | DELHI             | Alliance Air    | 27-04-2017       |
| 2        | DELHI               | BHATINDA          | Alliance Air    | 27-04-2017       |
| 3        | DELHI               | SHIMLA            | Alliance Air    | 27-04-2017       |
| 4        | HYDERABAD           | KADAPA            | Trujet          | 27-04-2017       |
| 5        | HYDERABAD           | NANDED            | Trujet          | 27-04-2017       |
| 6_       | KADAPA              | HYDERABAD         | Trujet          | 27-04-2017       |
| 7        | NANDED              | HYDERABAD         | Trujet          | 27-04-2017       |
| 8        | SHIMLA              | DELHI             | Alliance Air    |                  |
| 9        | GWALIOR             | DELHI             | Alliance Air    | 31-05-2017       |
| 10.      | GWALIOR             | INDORE            | Alliance Air    | 31-05-2017       |
| 11.      | INDORE              | GWALIOR           | Alliance Air    | 31-05-2017       |
| 12_      | KANDLA              | MUMBAI            | Spice jet       | 10-07-2017       |
| 13.      | MUMBAI              | KANDLA            | Spice jet       | 10-07-2017       |
| 14.      | PORBANDAR           | MUMBAI            | Spice jet       | 10-07-2017       |
| 15.      | HYDERABAD           | PONDICHERRY       | Spice jet       | 16-08-2017       |
| 16.      | PONDICHERRY         | HYDERABAD         | Spice jet       | 16-08-2017       |
| 17 .     | DELHI               | LUDHIANA          | Alliance Air    | 02-09-2017       |
| 18       | LUDHIANA            | DELHI             | Alliance Air    | 02-09-2017       |
|          | CHENNAI             | MYSORE            | Trujet          | 20-09-2017       |
| 20.      | MYSORE              | CHENNAI           | Trujet          | 20-09-2017       |
| 21       | HYDERABAD           | VIDYANAGAR        | Trujet          | 21-09-2017       |
| 22       | VIDYANAGAR          | HYDERABAD         | Trujet          | 21-09-2017       |
| 23       | BIKANER (NAL)       | DELHI             | Alliance Air    | 26-09-2017       |
| 24       | DELHI               | BIKANER (NAL)     | Alliance Air    | 26-09-2017       |
| 25.      | JAIPUR              | JAISALMER         | Spice jet       | 29-10-2017       |
| 26_      | JAISALMER           | JAIPUR            | Spice jet       | 29-10-2017       |
| 27       | CHENNAI             | KADAPA            | Trujet          | 16-11-2017       |
| 28       | KADAPA              | CHENNAI           | Trujet          | 16-11-2017       |
| 29_      | MUMBAI              | NANDED            | Trujet          | 16-11-2017       |
| 30_      | NANDED              | MUMBAI            | Trujet          | 16-11-2017       |
| 31_      | AGRA                | JAIPUR            | Alliance Air    | 08-12-2017       |
| 32_      | JAIPUR              | AGRA              | Alliance Air    | 08-12-2017       |
| 33_      | JALGAON             | MUMBAI            | Deccan Charters | 23-12-2017       |
| 34.      | MUMBAI              | JALGAON           | Deccan Charters | 23-12-2017       |
| 35.      | OZAR (NASIK)        | PUNE              | Deccan Charters |                  |
| 36.      | PUNE                | OZAR (NASIK)      | Deccan Charters |                  |
| 37 .     | AHMEDABAD           | JAMNAGAR          | Air Odisha      | 17-02-2018       |

| 38_   | AHMEDABAD      | MUNDRA              | Air Odisha      | 17-02-2018   |
|-------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------|
| 39_   | JAMNAGAR       | AHMEDABAD           | Air Odisha      | 17-02-2018   |
|       | MUNDRA         | AHMEDABAD           | Air Odisha      | 17-02-2018   |
| 41_   | AHMEDABAD      | DIU                 | Air Odisha      | 24-02-2018   |
| 42_   | DIU            | AHMEDABAD           | Air Odisha      | 24-02-2018   |
| 43_   | BANGALORE      | VIDYANAGAR          | Trujet          | 01-03-2018   |
| 44_   | KADAPA         | VIJAYWADA           | Trujet          | 01-03-2018   |
| 45.   | VIDYANAGAR     | BANGALORE           | Trujet          | 01-03-2018   |
| 46.   | VIJAYWADA      | KADAPA              | Trujet          | 01-03-2018   |
| 47 .  | CHENNAI        | SALEM               | Trujet          | 25-03-2018   |
| 48_   | SALEM          | CHENNAI             | Trujet          | 25-03-2018   |
| 49.   | DELHI          | PATHANKOT           | Alliance Air    | 05-04-2018   |
| 50_   | PATHANKOT      | DELHI               | Alliance Air    | 05-04-2018   |
| 51.   | KOLHAPUR       | MUMBAI              | Deccan Charters | 08-04-2018   |
|       | MUMBAI         | KOLHAPUR            | Deccan Charters | 08-04-2018   |
| 53_   | AGARTALA       | SHILLONG (BARAPANI) | Deccan Charters | 26-04-2018   |
| 54.   | DIMAPUR        | SHILLONG BARAPANI)  | Deccan Charters | 26-04-2018   |
| 55    | SHILLONG       | AGARTALA            | Deccan Charters | 26-04-2018   |
| 56.   | SHILLONG       | DIMAPUR             | Deccan Charters | 26-04-2018   |
| 57 _  | ADAMPUR        | DELHI               | Spice jet       | 01-05-2018   |
| 58    | AHMEDABAD      | BHAVNAGAR           | Air Odisha      | 01-05-2018   |
| 59_   | BHAVNAGAR      | AHMEDABAD           | Air Odisha      | 01-05-2018   |
| 60.   | DELHI          | ADAMPUR             | Spice jet       | 01-05-2018   |
| 61_   | JAGDALPUR      | RAIPUR              | Air Odisha      | 14-06-2018   |
| 62_   | JAGDALPUR      | VISHAKHAPATNAM      |                 | 14-06-2018   |
| 63.   | RAIPUR         | JAGDALPUR           | Air Odisha      | 14-06-2018   |
| 64_   | VISHAKHAPATNAM | JAGDALPUR           | Air Odisha      | 14-06-2018   |
| 65.   | DELHI          | KANPUR              | Spicejet        | 03-07-2018   |
| 66_   | KANPUR         | DELHI               | Spicejet        | 03-07-2018   |
| 67_   | JHARSUGUDA     | RAIPUR              | Air Odisha      | 22-09-2018   |
| 68.   | RAIPUR         | JHARSUGUDA          | Air Odisha      | 22-09-2018   |
| 69_   | JHARSUGUDA     | BHUBANESHWAR        | Air Odisha      | 22-09-2018   |
| 70.   | BHUBANESHWAR   | JHARSUGUDA          | Air Odisha      | 22-09-2018   |