Lok Sabha Question No. 1638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Growth of Air Traffic Passenger
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED 1638 (To be answered on the 20 December 2018)

## GROWTH OF AIR TRAFFIC PASSENGER

1638.

SHRI PRSUNDARAM DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE SHRI SATAV RAJEEV SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT DR J JAYAVARDHAN SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether there is double digit growth in air passenger traffic over the last 49 months and if the details thereof;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b) whether the double digit growth has brought several challenges along with it including maintaining safe and efficient aircraft operation;
- d) whether State run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency to develop a road map for modernization of its air traffic services; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government for modernization of airport terminals, passenger facilities, air traffic and navigational aids at various airports in the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Yes; Madam \_ On an average; India has witnessed double digit passenger growth at airports for the past 49 months Details will be provided after compilation from appropriate agencies.

(d) & (e): Yes; Madam; Airports Authority of India has entered into an agreement in November, 2018 with United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to develop a comprehensive Communications, Navigation and Surveillancel Air Traffic Management (CNSIATM) map for the next ten years. Modernization of airport terminals, passenger facilities, air traffic and navigational aids is a continuous process and is undertaken by AAI from time to time depending on the availability of land, commercial viability, socio-economic considerations, traffic demand etc. road

(b) & (c): Growing traffic demand is creating pressure on the existing infrastructure and some of the AAI airports are congestion during certain periods of the when the flow of passengers shoots up and exceeds the existing capacity of the airport terminals; To meet the challenges presented by this unprecedented growth in air traffic, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has resorted to development and periodic maintenance of infrastructure like construction of aircraft parking stands, parallel taxiways and rapid exit taxiways at the airports. Performance Based Navigation (PBN) ATS routes and Terminal procedures (Standard Instrument Departure (SID) and Standard Arrival Routes (STAR)) have been implemented in high density airspace to augment capacity: AAI has also installed Automatic Dependent Surveillance ? Broadcast (ADS-B) at 2i stations. facing day,

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