Lok Sabha Question No. 1696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Air Connectivity to Nilgiris
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

February 2021)

(To be answered on the I1th

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO NILGIRIS

1696. SHRI A. RAJA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish direct air connectivity service to Nilgiris under UDAN Scheme;
- the details of the efforts made by the Government to connect direct air services to tourist places across the country, including Tamil Nadu?
- (b) if s0, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (c): Upto Phase II of 4th round of bidding, the implementing Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded 39 UDAN routes in Nadu: Out of these, 12 routes have been operationalized by the selected Airline Operators: Details of the routes awarded under UDAN and status thereof are attached as Annexure-I. The implementing agency; AAI, subsequently cancelled 19 RCS routes due to non-compliance with the Agreement (SAOA) by the Selected Airline Operator(s) The UDAN scheme launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2016 is 4 market driven scheme The interested airlines based on their assessment of demand 0n particular routes submit their preposals at the time of bidding under UDAN from time to time Details of the Tourism RCS routes awarded by the Airport Authority of India, the Implementing agency and details of the operationalization %f Tourism RCS routes are attached as Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.

## (Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1696 for answer on 11.02.2021)

Status of RCS\_routes connecting\_Tamil Nadu awarded under UDAN

| Round   | Fixed-wing [Helicopter/ Sea Plane   | Departure Airport   | Arrival Airport   | Started on   | Remark    |
|---------|-------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|
|         | 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   |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Kadapa            |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Kadapa              | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Mysore_           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Mysore_             | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Neyveli           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Pondicherry       |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Pondicherry         | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Neyveli             | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Salem               | Bangalore         |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Bangalore           | Salem             |              | CANCELELD |
|         |                                     | Salem               | Pondicherry       |              | CANCELLED |
|         | Fixed-wing                          | Chennai             | Hubli             | 01-07-2018   |           |
|         |                                     | Hubli               | Chennai           | 01-07-2018   |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Hubli             | 14-05-2018   | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Hubli               | Chennai           | 14.05.2018   | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Kannur            | 25-01-2019   |           |
|         |                                     | Kannur              | Chennai           | 25,01,2019   |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Kannur            |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Kannur              | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Tanjore           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Vellore           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Tanjore             | Chennai           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Vellore             | Bangalore         |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Bangalore           | Vellore           |              | CANCELLED |
|         |                                     | Vellore             | Chennai           |              | CANCELLED |
|         | Fixed-wing                          | Chennai             | Durgapur          | 27-10-2019   |           |
|         |                                     | Durgarpur           | Chennai           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Tanjore             | Bangalore         |              |           |
|         |                                     | Bangalore           | Tanjore           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Ramnad            |              |           |
|         |                                     | Ramnad              | Chennai           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Kurnool             | Chennai           |              |           |
|         |                                     | Chennai             | Kurnool           |              |           |

(Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1696 for answer on 11.02.2021.)

List of Tourism Routes awarded under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik).

| S.No   | Routes                         |
|--------|--------------------------------|
| 1      | Agra To Bhopal                 |
| 2,     | Bhopal To Agra                 |
| 3_     | Agra To Indore                 |
| 4      | Indore To Agra                 |
| 5 .    | Bengaluru To Mysuru            |
| 6.     | Mysuru To Bengaluru            |
| 7 .    | Dibrugarh To Dimapur           |
| 8.     | Dimapur To Dibrugarh           |
| 9      | Dimapur To Imphal              |
| 10_    | Imphal To Dimapur              |
| 11.    | Gaya To Kushinagar             |
| 12.    | Kushinagar To Gaya             |
| 13,    | Lucknow To Saharanpur(Sarsawa) |
| 14.    | Saharanpur(Sarsawa) To Lucknow |
| 15.    | Portblair To Shibpur           |
| 16.    | Shibpur To Portblair           |
| 17     | Shimla To Kullu                |
| 18     | Agartala To Aizawl             |
| 19     | Aizawl To Agartala             |
| 20     | Ahmedabad To Udaipur           |
| 21     | Udaipur To Ahmedabad           |
| 22     | Amritsar To Jaipur             |
| 23     | Jaipur To Amritsar             |
| 24     | Amritsar To Kolkata            |
| 25     | Kolkata To Amritsar            |
| 26     | Amritsar To Patna              |
| 27     | Patna To Amritsar              |
| 28     | Aurangabad To Udaipur          |
| 29     | Udaipur To Aurangabad          |
| 30     | Bhopal To Udaipur              |
| 31     | Udaipur To Bhopal              |
| 32     | Bhubaneshwar To Varanasi       |
| 33     | Varanasi To Bhubaneshwar       |
| 34     | Bikaner To Jaisalmer           |

|   35 | Jaisalmer To Bikaner         |
|------|------------------------------|
|   36 | Calicut To Delhi             |
|   37 | Delhi To Calicut             |
|   38 | Delhi To Khajuraho           |
|   39 | Khajuraho To Delhi           |
|   40 | Dibrugarh_To_Imphal_         |
|   41 | Imphal To Dibrugarh          |
|   42 | Jodhpur To Udaipur           |
|   43 | Udaipur To Jodhpur           |
|   44 | Rajamundry To Vishakhapatnam |
|   45 | Vishakhapatnam To Rajamundry |
|   46 | Varanasi To Patna            |

## (Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1696 for answer on 11.02.2021.)

## Details of Tourism RCS routes operationalized under UDAN

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport              | Arrival Airport                 | Operationalization Date   |
|----------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | AHMEDABAD(Gujarat)             | UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)             | 25-03-2019                |
| 2_       | UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)            | AHMEDABAD(Gujarat)              | 25-03-2019                |
| 3_       | AMRITSAR(Punjab)               | JAIPUR(Rajasthan)               | 31-03-2019                |
| 4_       | JAIPUR(Rajasthan)              | AMRITSAR                        | 31-03-2019                |
| 5        | BHOPAL (MP)                    | UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)             | 31-03-2019                |
| 6        | UDAIPUR (Rajasthan)            | BHOPAL(MP)                      | 31-03-2019                |
|          | BANGALORE (Karnataka)          | MYSORE (Karnataka)              | 07-06-2019                |
| 8        | MYSORE (Karnataka)             | BANGALORE (Karnataka)           | 07-06-2019                |
| 9        | RAJAMUNDRY (Andhra Pradesh)    | VISHAKHAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh) | 15-09-2019                |
| 10.      | VISHAKHAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh | RAJAMUNDRY (Andhra Pradesh)     | 15-09-2019                |
| 11.      | KOLKATA (WB)                   | AMRITSAR (PUNJAB)               | 01-12-2019                |
| 12.      | AMRITSAR (PUNJAB)              | KOLKATA (WB)                    | 01-12-2019                |
| 13.      | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)             | IMPHAL (Manipur)                | 07-12-2019                |
| 14       | [MPHAL (Manipur)               | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)              | 07-12-2019                |
| 15 ,     | VARANASI (UP)                  | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha)           | 31-01-2020                |
| 16.      | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha_          | VARANASI (UP)                   | 31-01-2020                |
| 17       | AIZA WL (Mizoram)              | AGARTALA (Tripura)              | 29-02-2020                |
| 18       | AGARTALA (Tripura)             | AIZA WL (Mizoram)               | 29-02-2020                |
| 19.      | VARANASI (UP)                  | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha)           | 29-02-2020                |
| 20_      | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha)          | VARANASI (UP)                   | 29-02-2020                |
| 21,      | VARANASI (UP)                  | PATNA (Bihar)                   | 21-08-2020                |
| 22.      | AMRITSAR (Punjab)              | PATNA (Bihar)                   | 28-08-2020                |
| 23 ,     | PATNA (Bihar)                  | AMRITSAR (Punjab)               | 28-08-2020                |