Lok Sabha Question No. 1799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Flight Operations under UDAN
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIPN

NO. : 1799 (To be answered 0n the 11 February 2021)

## FLIGHT OPERATIONS UNDER UDAN

1799 SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has received representations from the State of Tamil Nadu regarding execution of small airports at cities and flight operations under UDAN scheme;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time frame for those proposals; and (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?
- (b) if s0, the details thereof and the number of proposals pertaining to the State pending with the Government under UDAN scheme;

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (d): For operationalization of small airports, representations have been received from the States from time to time: Govt. of India has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN(Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) for providing air connectivity to unserved and underserved airports at affordable airfare to masses: Ramnad; Salem Arakkonam; Chettinad, Cholavaram Neyveli, Sulur, Ulundurpet, Vellore Airports of Tamil Nadu are included in the scheme documents. The routes in Tamil Nadu till completion of Phase I of 4.0 round of bidding: Out of these, 12 routes have been operationalized by the Selected Airline Operators The implementing agency, AAI subsequently cancelled 19 RCS routes due to noncompliance by Selected Airline Operator (SAO): in operationalization of remaining awarded routes under RCS-UDAN is arily attributed to nonreadiness of civil airports, which involves availability of land; creation of infrastructure etc: Details of the routes awarded in Tamil Nadu till 4th round of UDAN bidding\_and details 0f the routes operationalized are attached at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively. Delay prim=

## (Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1799 for answer on 11.02.2021)

## Details of RCS routes connecting Tamil Nadu awarded under UDAN

| Round   | Fixed-wing [Helicopter/ Sea Plane   | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   |
|---------|-------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|         | Fixed-wing                          | Chennai             | Kadapa            |
|         |                                     | Kadapa              | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Mysore            |
|         |                                     | Mysore              | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Salem             |
|         |                                     | Salem               | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Kadapa            |
|         |                                     | Kadapa              | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Mysore            |
|         |                                     | Mysore              | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Neyveli           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Pondicherry       |
|         |                                     | Pondicherry         | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Neyveli             | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Salem               | Bangalore         |
|         |                                     | Bangalore           | Salem             |
|         |                                     | Salem               | Pondicherry       |
|         | Fixed-wing                          | Chennai             | Hubli             |
|         |                                     | Hubli               | Chennai           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Hubli             |
|         |                                     | Hubli               | Chennai           |

|            | Chennai   | Kannur    |
|------------|-----------|-----------|
|            | Kannur    | Chennai   |
|            | Chennai   | Kannur    |
|            | Kannur    | Chennai   |
|            | Chennai   | Tanjore   |
|            | Chennai   | Vellore   |
|            | Tanjore   | Chennai   |
|            | Vellore   | Bangalore |
|            | Bangalore | Vellore   |
|            | Vellore   | Chennai   |
| Fixed-wing | Chennai   | Durgapur  |
|            | Durgarpur | Chennai   |
|            | Tanjore   | Bangalore |
|            | Bangalore | Tanjore   |
|            | Chennai   | Ramnad    |
|            | Ramnad    | Chennai   |
|            | Kurool    | Chennai   |
|            | Chennai   | Kurnool   |

## (Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1799 for answer on 11.02.2021)

## Details of RCS routes connecting Tamil Nadu operationalized under UDAN

| Round   | Fixed-wing Melicopter/ Sea Plane   | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   | Started on   |
|---------|------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Chennai             | Kadapa            | 16-11-2017   |
|         |                                    | Kadapa              | Chennai           | 16-11-2017   |
|         |                                    | Chennai             | Mysore            | 20-09-2017   |
|         |                                    | Mysore              | Chennai           | 20.09.2017   |
|         |                                    | Chennai             | Salem             | 25-03-2018   |
|         |                                    | Salem               | Chennai           | 25-03-2018   |
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Chennai             | Hubli             | 01-07-2018   |
|         |                                    | Hubli               | Chennai           | 01-07-2018   |
|         |                                    | Chennai             | Kannur            | 25-01-2019   |
|         |                                    | Kannur              | Chennai           | 25.01.2019   |
|         | Fixed-wing                         | Chennai             | Durgapur          | 27-10-2019   |
|         |                                    | Durgarpur           | Chennai           | 27.10.2019   |