Lok Sabha Question No. 848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Affordable Air Service
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 848 (To be answered on the July 2022) 21st

## AFFORDABLE AIR SERVICE

848.

SHRI BALAK NATH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to make the Domestic Air Services  affordable and if sO, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the new airports constructed by the Government during the Iast three years along with the number of airports proposed to be set up, State-wise?
- (b) the details of the Air Service Providers allowed to operate Domestic Air Services in the country; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(a) to (c): Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to enhance regional air connectivity from unserved and underserved airports in the country and  making air travel affordable to the masses. UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes, submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN; Airports Authority of India(AAT); the Implementing Agency has awarded 954 valid routes across the country and out Of which 425 RCS routes connecting 68 airports including 2 Water Aerodrome & 8 Heliports have been operationalized, so far; Seven Selected Airline Operators(SAOs) have been operating under UDAN scheme; at present namely Mls Alliance Mls Spice Jet;\_Mls Indigo, MIs Star Mls Heritage Aviation, Mls Pawan Hans and Mls Big: An airport which is included in the awarded routes of UDAN and requires upgradation development for commencement of RCS operations, is developed under' "Revivallupgradation of unserved and underserved airports/heliports/water aerodromes" Scheme. Government has set a target to operationalize 100 airports from 2019 to 2024 subject to availability of land and statutory approvals etc. Details of the 100 Airports are Air, Air, Fly attached a $ Annexure-1. The target to operationalize AirportsMHeliports/Water Aerodromes for the year 2022-23 is 20, while it is 25 for 2023-24. Details of the 68 Airports operationalized under UDAN since 2017 onwards are attached as Annexure-2.

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## LIST OF 100 AIRPORTS STATEWISE

| S.No.   | State             | Airport Name             | AirportHeliportWater Aerodrome   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar | Car Nicobar              | Airport                          |
| 2       | Andaman & Nicobar | Shibpur                  | Airport                          |
| 3       | Andaman & Nicobar | Havelock (W)             | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 4       | Andaman & Nicobar | Long Island (W)          | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 5.      | Andaman & Nicobar | Neil Island (W)          | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 6       | Andaman & Nicobar | Campbell Bay             | Airport                          |
|         | Andhra Pradesh    | Kurnool                  | Airport                          |
| 8.      | Andhra Pradesh    | Prakasam Barrage (W)     | Water Aerodrome                  |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu                     | Airport                          |
| 10_     | Arunachal Pradesh | Passighat                | Airport                          |
| 11_     | Arunachal Pradesh | Daparizo (H)             | Heliport                         |
| 12.     | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar (H)             | Heliport                         |
| 13.     | Arunachal Pradesh | Walong (H)               | Heliport                         |
| 14      | Arunachal Pradesh | Tuting (H)               | Heliport                         |
| 15.     | Arunachal Pradesh | Ziro (H)                 | Heliport                         |
| 16.     | Arunachal Pradesh | Yinghoing (H)            | Heliport                         |
| 17      | Assam             | Rupsi                    | Airport                          |
| 18.     | Assam             | Guwahati River Front (W  | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 19      | Assam             | Umrangso Reservoir (W)   | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 20.     | Assam             | Nagaon (H)               | Heliport                         |
| 21 .    | Bihar             | Darbhanga"               | Airport                          |
| 22 .    | Chhattisgarh      | Bilaspur                 | Airport                          |
| 23      | Chhattisgarh      | Ambikapur                | Airport                          |
| 24_     | Diu & Daman       | Daman                    | Airport                          |
| 25.     | Gujarat           | Sabarmati River Front (W | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 26.     | Gujarat           | Statue of Unity (W)      | Water Aerodrome                  |
| 27_     | Gujarat           | Keshod                   | Airport                          |
| 28.     | Haryana           | Hissar                   | Airport                          |
| 29_     | Haryana           | Ambala                   | Airport                          |
| 30.     | Himachal Pradesh  | Kullu                    | Airport                          |

## Annexure-|

| 31.   | Himachal Pradesh    | Baddi (H)        | Heliport                |
|-------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| 32.   | Himachal Pradesh    | Mandi (H)        | Heliport                |
| 33    | Himachal Pradesh    | Shimla(H)        | Heliport                |
| 34.   | Himachal Pradesh    | Rampur Hut (H)   | Heliport                |
| 35.   | Himachal Pradesh    | Manali (H)       | Heliport                |
| 36.   | Himachal Pradesh    | Nathpajhakri (H) | Heliport                |
| 37 .  | Jharkhand           | Bokaro           | Airport                 |
| 38_   | Jharkhand           | Dumka            | Airport                 |
| 39.   | Jharkhand           | Jamshedpur       | Airport                 |
| 40.   | Jharkhand           | Hazaribagh       | Airport                 |
|       | 41.] Jharkhand      | Deoghar          | Airport                 |
| 42.   | Karnataka           | Belgaum          | Airport                 |
| 43.   | Karnataka           | Bidar            | Airport                 |
| 44    | Karnataka           | Kalaburgi        | Airport                 |
| 45.   | Ladakh              | Kargil           | Airport                 |
| 46    | Ladakh              | Thoise           | Airport Water Aerodrome |
| 47    | Lakshadweep         | Minicoy          |                         |
| 48.   | Maharashtra         | Amravati         | Airport                 |
| 49    | Maharashtra         | Gondia           | Airport                 |
| 50.   | Maharashtra         | Sindhudurg       | Airport                 |
| 51_   | Maharashtra         | Ratnagiri        | Airport                 |
|       | Maharashtra         | Solapur          | Airport                 |
| 52 53 | Manipur             | Parbung (H)      | Heliport                |
| 54.   | Manipur             | Tamenglong (H)   | Heliport                |
| 55.   | Manipur             | Ziribam (H)      | Heliport                |
| 56.   | Manipur             | Moreh (H)        | Heliport                |
| 57 .  | Manipur             | Thanlon          | Heliport                |
| 58.   | Nagaland            | Dimapur          | Airport                 |
| 59_   | Odisha              | Rourkela         | Airport                 |
| 60_   | Odisha              | Jeypore          | Airport                 |
| 61_   | Odisha              | Utkela           | Airport                 |
|       |                     | Kota             | Airport                 |
| 63.   | Rajasthan Rajasthan | Uterlai          | Airport                 |
| 64_   | Tamil Nadu          | Neyveli          | Airport                 |
| 65.   | Tamil Nadu          | Vellore          | Airport                 |
| 66.   | Tamil Nadu          | Ramnad           | Airport                 |

| 67   | Tamil Nadu    | Tanjore              | Airport         |
|------|---------------|----------------------|-----------------|
| 68,  | Telangana     | Nagarjuna Sagar (W)  | Water Aerodrome |
| 69.  | Uttar Pradesh | Hindan               | Airport         |
| 70   | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly             | Airport         |
|      | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh              | Airport         |
| 72.  | Uttar Pradesh | Azamgarh             | Airport         |
| 73.  | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot           | Airport         |
| 74   | Uttar Pradesh | Kushinagar           | Airport         |
| 75.  | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad            | Airport         |
| 76.  | Uttar Pradesh | Shravasti            | Airport         |
| 77.  | Uttar Pradesh | Ayodhya (Faizabad)   | Airport         |
| 78.  | Uttar Pradesh | Muirpur (Korba)      | Airport         |
| 79.  | Uttar Pradesh | Sarsawa (Saharanpur) | Airport         |
| 80_  | Uttar Pradesh | Ghazipur             | Airport         |
| 81   | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi               | Airport         |
| 82   | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut               | Airport         |
| 83_  | Uttarkhand    | Dharchula (H)        | Heliport        |
| 84,  | Uttarkhand    | Haldwani (H)         | Heliport        |
| 85   | Uttarkhand    | Joshimath (H)        | Heliport        |
| 86.  | Uttarkhand    | Nainital (H)         | Heliport        |
| 87 . | Uttarkhand    | Mussoorie (H)        | Heliport        |
| 88.  | Uttrakhand    | Chinyalisaur (H)     | Heliport        |
| 89.  | Uttrakhand    | Gaucher (H)          | Heliport        |
| 90_  | Uttrakhand    | New Tehri (H)        | Heliport        |
|      |               | Sahastradhara        | Heliport        |
| 92.  | Uttrakhand    | Srinagar (H)         | Heliport        |
| 93   | Uttrakhand    | Almora (H)           | Heliport        |
| 94.  | Uttrakhand    | Haridwar (H)         | Heliport        |
| 95_  | Uttrakhand    | Ramnagar (H)         | Heliport        |
| 96.  | West Bengal   | Cooch Behar          | Airport         |
| 97   | West Bengal   | Durgapur (Andal)     | Airport         |

| 98.   | West Bengal    | Burnpur    | Airport   |
|-------|----------------|------------|-----------|
| 99.   | West Bengal    | Hashimara  | Airport   |
|       | 1d West Bengal | Kalaikunda | Airport   |

| SNo.   | State             | Airport                                 | Date of Operationalization   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa                                  | 27-April-2017 28-March-2021  |
| 2      |                   | Kurnool                                 | 1-August-2018                |
| 3      | Assam             | Jorhat                                  | 15-January-2019              |
| 4      |                   | Lilabari                                | 26-April-2018                |
| 5      |                   | Tezpur:                                 | 8-May-2021                   |
| 6      |                   | Rupsi                                   | 15 August-2021               |
| 7      | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu                                    | 24-May-2021                  |
| 8.     |                   | Passighat                               | 08-November-2020             |
| 9      | Bihar             | Darbhanga                               |                              |
| 10.    | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur                               | 14-June-2018 1-March-2021    |
| 11_    |                   | Bilaspur                                | 24-February-2018             |
| 12.    | Daman & Diu       | Diu                                     | 1-May-2018                   |
| 13.    | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar                               | 17-February-2018             |
| 14.    |                   | Jamnagar                                | 1-July-2017                  |
| 15_    |                   | Kandla                                  | 16-April-2022                |
| 16_    |                   | Keshod                                  | 17-February-2018             |
| 17.    |                   | Mundra_                                 | 10-July-2017                 |
| 18_    |                   | Porbandar Aerodrome)                    | 31-October-2020              |
| 19_    |                   | Statue of Unity (Water                  | 2020                         |
| 20.    |                   | Sabarmati River Front (Water Aerodrome) | 31-October-z 14-January-2021 |
| 21_    | Haryana           | Hissar                                  | 27-April-2017                |
| 22_    | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla                                  | 13-May-2019                  |
| 23.    |                   | Kullu                                   | 09-December-2021             |
| 24,    |                   | Mandi Heliport Heliport                 | 14-December-2021             |
| 25.    |                   | Rampur _                                | 12-July-2022                 |
| 26.    | Jharkhand         | Deoghar                                 | 1-May-2019                   |
| 27     | Karnataka         | Belgaum                                 | 14-May-2018                  |
| 28.    |                   | Hubli                                   | 2-September-2017             |
| 29_    |                   | Mysore                                  | 21-September-2017            |
| 30_    |                   | Vidyanagar                              | 22-November-2019             |
| 31_    |                   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)                    | 07-February-2020             |
| 32_    |                   | Bidar                                   | 25-January-2019              |
| 33_    | Kerala            | Kannur                                  | 31-May-2017                  |
| 34.    | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior_                                | 13-March-2022                |
| 35.    | Maharashtra       | Gondia_                                 |                              |

| S No:   | State            | Airport                            | Date of Operationalization 23-December-2017   |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 36      |                  | Jalgaon                            | 8-April-2018                                  |
| 37_     |                  | Kolhapur                           | 27-April-2017                                 |
| 38      |                  | Nanded                             | 23-December-2017                              |
| 39      |                  | Ozar (Nasik)                       | 9-October-2021                                |
| 40.     |                  | Sindhudurg_                        | 26-April-2018                                 |
| 41.     | Meghalaya        | Shillong                           | 07-December-2019                              |
| 42.     | Nagaland_        | Dimapur                            | 22-September-2018                             |
| 43.     | Odisha           | Jharsuguda                         | 16-August-2017                                |
| 44.     | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry                        | 1-May-2018                                    |
| 45.     | Punjab           | Adampur                            | 27-April-2017                                 |
| 46.     |                  | Bhatinda                           | 2-September-2017                              |
| 47,     |                  | Ludhiana                           | 5-April-2018                                  |
| 48.     |                  | Pathankot                          | 26-September-2017                             |
| 49.     | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                            | 29-October-2017                               |
| 50.     |                  | Jaisalmer                          | 8-October-2018                                |
| 51.     |                  | Kishangarh                         | 4-October-2018                                |
| 52.     | Sikkim           | Pakyong                            | 25-March-2018                                 |
| 53.     | Tamil Nadu       | Salem                              | 8-December-2017                               |
| 54.     | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra                               | 14-June-2018                                  |
| 55.     |                  | Allahabad                          | 3-July-2018                                   |
| 56_     |                  | Kanpur (Chakeri)                   | 11-October-2019                               |
| 57_     |                  | Hindon                             | 08-March-2021                                 |
| 58      |                  | Bareilly                           | 26-November-2021                              |
| 59      |                  | Kushinagar                         | 4-January-2019                                |
| 60      | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar                          | 17-January-2019                               |
| 61_     |                  | Pithoragarh                        | 08-February-2020                              |
| 62_     |                  | Sahastradhara - Heliport ~Heliport | 08-February-2020                              |
| 63_     |                  | Chinyalisaur_ Gaucher ~Heliport    | 08-February-2020                              |
| 64      |                  |                                    | 29-July-2020                                  |
| 65.     |                  | New Tehri -Heliport                | 29-July-2020                                  |
| 66.     |                  | Srinagar -Heliport Heliport        | 8-October-2021                                |
|         |                  |                                    | 25-June-2019                                  |
| 68.     | West Bengal      | Durgapur                           |                                               |