Lok Sabha Question No. 571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Route Dispersal Guidelines
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

571 July 2021)

(To be answered on the 22nd

## ROUTE DISPERSAL GUIDELINES

571. SHRI NATARAJAN PR

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- () if s0, the details thereof; and

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guideliness to achieve better air connectivity;
- the details of names of airports connected under the said guidelines?

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

(a) & (b): The Government o India has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) with a view to achieve better connectivity %f air transport services 0f different regions of the country: Under RDG, routes have been classified into different categories namely Category-1, TL, T-A and III

The criteria for routes classified under Category- I,are; a flying distance of more than 700 average seat factor of more than 70% and annual traffic of 5 lakh passengers over two fuli schedules i.e summer and winter schedule. There are twenty routes connecting cities directly under this category km,

Routes connecting stations in North-Eastern Region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Union Territories 0f Jammu & Kashmir; Ladakh; Andaman & Nicobar Isiands, Lakshadweep Islands are classified as Categery-II; AlI scheduled operators are required to deploy in Category-II routes at least 10% of their deployed capacity on Category-I routes:

Routes within the North-Eastern Region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh; Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Cochin-Agatti-Cochin are classified as Category-IIA; All operator() are required to deploy at least 1% in Category- IIA routes of the capacity, deployed on Category- I routes.

Routes other than those mentioned in Category ] I and II-A are classified as Category-III AIl operator(s) are required to deploy at least 35% in Category- III routes of the capacity; deployed on Category-I routes:

- services are available as per Summer Schedule 2021 is attached.

Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.571 for answer on 22.07.2021

List of airports covered under category Il, IIA and Ill from where the scheduled ar services are available as per Summer Schedule 2021.

| No:   | Statel Union Territory (UT)   | Names of Cities Air linked                                    |
|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|       | Andhra Pradesh                |                                                               |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh             | Pasighat Tezu                                                 |
| 3     | Assam                         | Dibrugarh, Guwahati; Jorhat, Lilabari, Silchar; Tezpur; Rupsi |
|       | Bihar                         |                                                               |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh_                 | Raipur_Jagdalpur,Bilaspur                                     |
| 6     | Gujarat                       | PorbandarKeshod_                                              |
| 7     | Haryana                       | Hissar                                                        |
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh              | Dharamshala_Kullu_Shimla                                      |
| 9     | Jharkhand                     | Ranchi                                                        |
| 10    | Karnataka                     |                                                               |
| 11    | Kerala                        | Trivandrum Kannur_Kozhikode                                   |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh                | Bhopal Gwalior_IndoreJabalpur Khajuraho                       |
| 13    | Maharashtra                   |                                                               |
| 14    | Manipur                       | Imphal                                                        |
| 15    | Meghalaya                     | Shillong _                                                    |
| 16    | Mizoram                       | Aizwal                                                        |
| 17    | Nageland                      | Dimapur_                                                      |
| 18    | Orissa                        | Bhubaneswar_Jharsuguda                                        |
| 19    | Punjab                        | Amritsar_Ludhiana Pathankot,Adampur                           |
| 20    | Rajasthan                     |                                                               |
| 21    | Sikkim                        | Pakyong                                                       |
|       | TamiNadu                      |                                                               |
| 25    | Uttaranchal                   |                                                               |
| 26    | West Bengal                   | Bagdogra_Durgapur;                                            |
| 27    | Andaman & Nicobar Islands_    | Port Blair                                                    |
| 28    | Lakshadweep Islands           | Agatti                                                        |
| 29    | Daman & Diu                   | Diu                                                           |
| 30    | Jammu & Kashmir               |                                                               |
| 31    | Ladakh                        | Leh_Thoise                                                    |